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Britteco removes, decommissions and cleans commercial oil and fuel tanks across Luton, from the airport and Capability Green to Butterfield, Leagrave and the town centre. Our Banbury head office plans and runs the work here.
Very few Luton homes depend on heating oil: the 2021 Census recorded 57 oil-only households out of 78,941 in the borough. The tanks we deal with here belong to businesses and public bodies, and many of them sit in buildings that are changing hands, being refurbished or being knocked down.
Luton grew on hat making and then on the motor industry, and both left a legacy of brick works buildings, boiler houses and yards with fuel stored in them. When those buildings are converted, the old heating oil tank in the outbuilding or basement has to be emptied, decommissioned and taken away before the builders can start. That is exactly what our published Luton case study involved.
The modern town brings its own tanks. London Luton Airport and the offices at Capability Green keep diesel for standby generators and ground equipment, the industrial estates around Butterfield and Sundon Park run fleet vehicles and plant, and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital relies on generator fuel being ready at any moment.
This Luton job is written up in full as a case study.
The heating oil tank beside an outbuilding at a commercial property had to go before the renovation work could begin, so it was emptied, made safe and taken off site.
View the Luton case study →Most Luton work is planned around a building project or a site that cannot stop.
In rough order of how often we are asked.
Run out of heating oil or diesel in Luton?
24/7 emergency heating oil, kerosene and diesel delivery from 100 litres, including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Luton sits on the chalk of the Chiltern edge, a major aquifer that supplies drinking water across the region, and the River Lea rises at Leagrave before running through the town. Oil leaking from a tank or a broken fill pipe can soak into the chalk or reach the Lea through drains, which is why the Environment Agency’s Hertfordshire and North London area takes oil storage here seriously.
Under the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001, a business keeping over 201 litres of oil needs secondary containment big enough for 110% of what the tank holds, plus pipework and a fill point that are protected and contained. Older single-skin tanks in Luton outbuildings rarely meet that, so removal or replacement is often the simplest answer.
Oil, sludge and scrap leave the site with the proper waste notes, and once a tank has gone you are sent its degassing and disposal certificates.
We take tank work anywhere in the borough, including these areas.
Britteco removes commercial oil and fuel tanks across Luton and the rest of Bedfordshire. Jobs are run from our Banbury head office with our own pumps, tanker and cutting kit.
Send photos and your programme. We drain and clean the tank, then cut it out or decommission it, and give you the certificate of disposal your contractor will ask for.
Yes. We provide RAMS before the visit and plan the work around opening hours, term dates or clinical activity.
Yes. Buried fuel tanks are emptied and certified gas free, and then either dug out or filled with foam, depending on what the land will be used for.
The price comes down to capacity, how much oil or sludge is still inside, the access and whether the bund or base has to go as well. A few photos and the tank size are normally enough for a fixed quote.
County, region and neighbouring areas with their own pages.
Send the postcode, the tank size and two or three photos, and you will get a method, a fixed price and a date back from us.
