Drone Surveys in Edinburgh | Inspection, Thermal, Mapping

Local airspace

Edinburgh airspace, live.

Edinburgh Airport CTR covers the west of the city. The Old Town and New Town are both UNESCO World Heritage sites, requiring additional Historic Environment Scotland notifications for any survey work on listed structures.

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Where Edinburgh clients send us

Common Edinburgh project types.

Heritage estates, listed property, university estates, financial services, hospitality estates, public-sector housing.

Why Edinburgh firms use us

Permissions that match the airspace.

Edinburgh's heritage estate is where survey-grade capture pays back fastest. We pair drone inspection with laser scanning for full measured surveys of listed stone facades, hosted on AIM Projects so the conservation architect, structural engineer and contractor all work from one model.

Services in Edinburgh

What we capture across the Edinburgh area.

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Drone roof and gutter inspection
Commercial and residential roof surveys, façade inspections, gutter checks, without scaffold or MEWP. Same-week scheduling.
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Thermal heat-loss and BREEAM surveys
Calibrated thermal capture for retrofit planning, EPC support, and BREEAM compliance. Night-time and daytime where appropriate.
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Construction monitoring
Monthly or weekly aerial capture for active construction sites. Time-series comparison hosted on AIM.
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Topographical and measured surveys
Centimetre-grade ground capture, CAD drawings, Revit / BIM models, full 3D measured surveys for refurbishment and change-of-use.
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Confined space inspection
Specialist drones for tank, tunnel, vessel and shaft inspection. No permit-to-enter, no shutdown.
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Drone media and 360 capture
4K and 8K drone video, Insta360 ground-level walk-throughs, FPV showcase content.

Local clients we work with

Public-sector and housing-association coverage.

Around Edinburgh, our project pipeline regularly takes us across local authority and housing-association estates. We deliver scaffold-free roof inspections, retrofit thermography, condition surveys and BREEAM-grade thermal capture for organisations including:

Local authorities

✓City of Edinburgh Council
✓Midlothian Council
✓East Lothian Council
✓West Lothian Council

Housing associations & estates

✓Port of Leith HA
✓Castle Rock Edinvar
✓Dunedin Canmore
✓Hillcrest Homes
✓Places for People Scotland

Organisation names are common sector-active examples in the region. Specific client engagements are confirmed under NDA on request.

Permissions matter

Approved for business locations, airports, FRZs and restricted areas.

Most of the sites we're asked to fly, live commercial premises, near airports, inside Flight Restriction Zones, around Network Rail corridors, military air bases and Royal estates, require enhanced CAA permissions, prior notification, and an operator with the track record to coordinate with the relevant authority. We hold and operate under those permissions every day. If you've been told "no" elsewhere, our route to flying it is almost certainly already in place.

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Edinburgh captures, on AIM Platform.

Every Edinburgh project we capture is hosted on AIM Platform, the asset-information software used by surveyors, councils and contractors across the UK. Browser-streamable. Measurable in place. Shareable with one link.

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