Know your PFAS and brownfield risk before planning, lenders, insurers or buyers ask.
PFAS-specific intelligence for land and development decisions.
We help developers, landowners and planning professionals identify potential PFAS source risks, pathways and evidence gaps before they become planning, transaction, funding or remediation problems.
PFAS Brownfield Risk Screen from £1,950 + VAT | 5–7 working days| Free checklist
We do not replace your contaminated-land consultant.
PFAS Risk Intelligence provides a specialist desk-based PFAS intelligence layer to help determine whether further professional investigation may be justified.
Our work complements conventional contaminated-land due diligence, laboratory testing, regulatory assessment and professional environmental advice.
The danger is not just contamination. It is finding out too late.
The earlier potential PFAS sources, pathways and evidence gaps are identified, the more options remain on planning, price, funding, insurance and strategy.
Contamination planning conditions can stall commencement and drawdown.
Late discovery of PFAS or brownfield exposure changes deal economics.
Lenders and internal credit committees stall on unresolved risk.
Insurers may exclude PFAS, restrict cover or query the site.
Environmental risk found late costs price, terms — or the deal.
Evidence that surfaces after commitment leaves the fewest options.
PFAS may require more specific source and pathway consideration than conventional contamination screening provides.
Weak ownership and operator information limits later legal, insurance or recovery assessment.
PFAS risk is not just about what happened on the site.
PFAS can originate from historic or current activities beyond the site boundary. Our review looks for evidence of potential source areas, migration pathways and relevant historic activities that may not be obvious from the site address alone.
The objective is not to declare PFAS present. It is to identify whether the available evidence justifies further investigation.
- AFFF and firefighting-foam use
- Fire-training areas
- Airports and airfields
- Firefighting facilities
- Relevant industrial processes
- Neighbouring historic land uses
- Surface-water and groundwater pathways
- Drainage / wastewater pathways where relevant
- Known PFAS investigations
- Emerging regulatory or local evidence
Evidence-weighted: higher-interest indicators include known or probable AFFF use, fire-training grounds, airfields with firefighting activity, firefighting facilities, PFAS-relevant industrial processes and known PFAS investigations nearby. Generic landfill or industrial-estate history is treated as contextual, not as an automatic major trigger.
Screen the risk in minutes. Or brief us for a fixed-fee review.
Answer 12 practical questions and get an immediate, evidence-weighted Red / Amber / Green preliminary view for your site.
Start Triage12 early-warning signs, scoring guide and documents to gather before planning, acquisition or funding decisions.
Download PDFPFAS-specific desk-based review of a defined site. Red / Amber / Green decision view, evidence gaps and next steps within 5–7 working days.
Request Risk ScreenA PFAS-specific desk-based intelligence review for a defined site.
We assess potential PFAS source activities, historic land use, off-site influences, relevant pathways, available public evidence and key information gaps.
You receive a clear Red / Amber / Green decision view with recommended next steps.
The screen does not confirm PFAS contamination, confirm a site is clean, determine legal liability, replace sampling, or guarantee planning or regulatory outcomes.
Depending on the site and available evidence, this may include AFFF use, fire-training activity, airports and airfields, firefighting facilities, selected industrial processes, wastewater or drainage pathways, neighbouring historic uses and other evidence-supported PFAS source activities.
More specific source evidence carries greater significance than broad historic land-use labels. A generic industrial estate or landfill is not automatically treated as equivalent to a known AFFF or fire-training source.
How the PFAS Risk Screen complements conventional contaminated-land due diligence
- General site history and contamination context
- Historic land-use assessment
- Conventional source-pathway-receptor assessment
- Planning-related contaminated-land review
- Recommendations for further investigation where appropriate
- PFAS-specific source screening
- Targeted review of activities associated with potential PFAS use
- Off-site PFAS source intelligence
- PFAS-specific pathway considerations
- Review of emerging PFAS evidence and known investigations where available
- Identification of PFAS evidence gaps
- Decision-focused Red / Amber / Green assessment
- Recommended PFAS-specific next steps
The PFAS Brownfield Risk Screen is designed to complement, not replace, Phase 1 desk studies, contaminated-land consultants, laboratory testing or regulatory assessment.
From brief to decision view in 5–7 working days.
Site address, boundary, proposed use, planning reference and any existing reports.
PFAS-relevant source activity review on and beyond the site boundary, weighted by the strength of the available evidence.
Source-pathway-receptor considerations, off-site influences, known or emerging evidence and the gaps that remain.
Red / Amber / Green preliminary view, commercial flags and PFAS-specific recommended next steps — within 5–7 working days.
A decision-focused report, not a data dump.
Every screen closes with scope and limitations so the preliminary view is read in context.
- 01Executive summary
- 02Red / Amber / Green initial risk view
- 03PFAS source activity review
- 04Site and surrounding land-use review
- 05Source-pathway-receptor considerations
- 06Off-site migration considerations
- 07Known / emerging evidence where relevant
- 08Planning flags
- 09Transaction flags
- 10Lender / insurer considerations where relevant
- 11Evidence gaps
- 12Recommended next steps
- 13Scope and limitations
Reviewing multiple sites?
For developers, landowners and advisers evaluating several opportunities, PFAS Risk Intelligence can provide portfolio-level source screening to help identify which sites warrant deeper review first.
Prioritise the sites that need attention before committing full investigation spend.
Built for land and development decisions.
Screen PFAS source risk before acquisition, planning submission, funding or contractor procurement locks in cost.
Understand PFAS-relevant history and evidence gaps before marketing, optioning or promoting land.
Anticipate PFAS-specific questions on contamination conditions and support proportionate responses.
Add a PFAS-specific intelligence layer alongside Phase 1 work, transaction due diligence or portfolio review.
Historic operator and ownership intelligence and evidence collation to support advice on potentially responsible parties.
Source and pathway context where PFAS exclusions, restrictions or underwriting questions arise.
Preliminary PFAS risk view to inform environmental conditions on funding decisions.
Supporting public-sector understanding of emerging PFAS risks, source information and evidence gaps.
Desk-based source intelligence, historic land-use research, evidence collation, GIS / historic land-use intelligence and emerging PFAS case monitoring. PFAS Risk Intelligence does not replace statutory contaminated-land functions, regulatory decision-making or legal advice.
A curated UK PFAS land-risk intelligence service.
Recent PFAS developments from credible UK sources, reviewed and summarised for what changed, why it matters, who may be affected and what it could mean for planning, acquisition, development, lending, insurance, remediation or legal strategy.
We are building a structured intelligence picture of UK PFAS source activity, known investigations and emerging land-risk evidence.
Preliminary by design. Transparent about what it is not.
Our review draws on publicly available and client-supplied evidence: historic mapping and land-use records, planning history, regulatory registers, published investigations, hydrogeological context and PFAS-relevant activity records. Where evidence is limited or unverified, we say so and record it as an evidence gap.
The objective is not to declare PFAS present. It is to identify whether the available evidence justifies further investigation — and, where it does, what the proportionate next step looks like.
PFAS Risk Intelligence provides desk-based risk intelligence and strategy coordination. Our outputs are preliminary information tools only. They do not replace accredited laboratory testing, formal contaminated land assessment, legal advice, regulatory approval, expert evidence or remediation design. Our work does not confirm the presence or absence of PFAS and does not determine legal liability. Where risk is identified or cannot be ruled out, appropriate specialist investigation, laboratory testing, legal advice and professional contaminated land assessment should be obtained before making acquisition, planning, construction, remediation, enforcement, insurance, recovery or litigation decisions.
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PFAS Brownfield Risk Screen from £1,950 + VAT · 5–7 working days