We have studied the environment of the FU Ori type star V582 Aur. Our aim is to explore the star-forming region associated with this young eruptive star. Using slitless spectroscopy, we searched for H{alpha} emission stars within a field of 11.5 arcmin x 11.5 arcmin, centred on V582 Aur. Based on UKIDSS and Spitzer Space Telescope data, we further selected infrared-excess young stellar object candidates. In all, we identified 68 candidate low-mass young stars, 16 of which exhibited H{alpha} emission in the slitless spectroscopic images. The colour-magnitude diagram of the selected objects, based on the IPHAS data, suggests that they are low-mass pre-main-sequence stars associated with the Aur OB 1 association, located at a distance of 1.3kpc from Sun. The bright-rimmed globules in the local environment of V582 Aur probably belong to the dark cloud LDN 1516. Our results suggest that star formation in these globules might have been triggered by the radiation field of a few hot members of Aur OB 1. The bolometric luminosity of V582 Aur, based on archival photometric data and on the adopted distance, is 150-320L_{sun}_.