Argyll Environmental products

Overview

SiteSolutions Energy and Infrastructure provides an accurate search for residential and commercial properties for a number of selected Energy and Infrastructure projects across the UK. Use this report to better understand the potential effects and what next steps you can take to better understand any risks.

What does it cover?

Datasets include:

• High Speed 2 data - track and station details, safeguarding and compensation scheme zones
• Areas licensed by DECC for on-shore energy exploration and production
• The location of wind farms and wind turbines
• Crossrail - track and station location (phase 1) and safeguarding.
• The location of solar farms
• The location of other renewable power plants

The Energy & Infrastructure report has been designed to complement existing planning reports by alerting users to the presence of key energy and infrastructure projects.

A premium environmental search which combines a detailed contaminated land risk assessment with a flood risk assessment. Designed for high value or complex commercial transactions including redevelopment deals.

What’s included:

• Front page risk summary and clear ‘next steps’
• Consultants manual review and commentary of all the risks
• Flood risk assessment
• Contaminated land risk analysis
• Includes writers name and contact details

Key features

• Main risks clearly summarised, allowing lawyers to cut and paste key information for their clients.

Risk assessment

• Clear executive summary highlighting both contaminated land liability and flood risk
• Intelligent risk assessment and commentary by experts in the interpretation of environmental data. This skill can make the difference between Passed and Further Action results.
• Expert manual review of high detailed historical maps
• Current operations section covers regulatory compliance
• Additional Considerations section details other pertinent factors that may affect the site
• Includes a robust ECORISK Assessment which considers all the ecological receptors listed in the Statutory Guidance
• Flood risk assessment incorporates risks from rivers/sea, surface water, groundwater and historical flood events. Supplemented with a consultants commentary

Overview

Designed for High value transfers, and suitable for any type of commercial property, SiteSolutions Commercial is the most advanced contaminated land risk screening report.

Use this report to understand:

• If historic activities could result in liability for the property owner under relevant contaminated land regime
• If remediation is likely to be required
• If environmental permits are held for the property or by neighbouring properties
• If current operations in the surrounding area could cause contamination of the property
• If ecological receptors could be affected by site operations
• The potential for liability under the Environmental Damage Regulations

A specialist report featuring five key environmental risks, written and assessed by Environmental Consultants.

Key report benefits

Assessment accuracy
Every report is written and quality assessed by an expert consultant, using CIE compliant data and mapping

Ease of use
Main risks clearly summarised within an executive summary, allowing key information to be highlighted to the client easily and simply, including hyperlinks for fast navigation

Advice
Bespoke recommendations tailored to your transaction

Support
Report author details on front page of every report. Professional Indemnity Cover of £10 million (terms and conditions apply)

A consultant’s value
• Expert opinion makes the difference between Passed and Further Action results

• Reports written in plain English to ensure main risks and recommendations are clear

• Our in-house team of consultants can provide guidance for any required next steps

Don’t leave it to chance – check before they buy

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This report offers you a detailed and affordable follow-on assessment for commercial properties where a flood risk has been identified. Using an analysis of modelled flood data and the opinion of our flood experts, this report provides you with a clear and concise summary of the expected flood risk, likely flood depths and bespoke recommendations for your site.

Use this report to:

• Understand what the anticipated depths of flooding are expected to be at the property and where the risk is located on the Site
• What impact this risk might have to the Site including the commercial buildings and operational areas
• Next steps for the Site including recommendations of further resilience work

Why you need it:

By taking action to prepare in advance for flooding, most businesses can save between 20 and 90 per cent on the cost of lost stock and movable equipment, as well as some of the trouble and stress that goes with such an event.*

Key features

• A clear professional opinion for each of the flagged risks, indicating risk location and impact
• A site-specific depth analysis (where data is available)
• Bespoke recommendations tailored to the Site
• A standard advice checklist provides a clear list of actions and enquiries to undertake
• A future considerations section outlining what you might need to do if you choose to extend or redevelop the Site in the future
• An assessment of the likely availability of insurance
• Turnaround time of 5 working days

*Source: Environment Agency

This report offers you a detailed and affordable follow-on assessment for residential properties where a flood risk has been identified. Using an analysis of modelled flood data and the opinion of our flood experts, this report provides you with a clear and concise summary of the expected flood risk, likely flood depths and bespoke recommendations for your site.

Use this report to:

• Understand what the anticipated depths of flooding are expected to be at the property and where the risk is located on the Site
• What impact this risk might have to the Site including the main residence building
• Next steps for the Site including recommendations of further resilience work

Why you need it:

 5.2 million people in England and Wales are deemed to be at risk of flooding. Less than 40% of those at significant risk of flooding are aware of their risk and the impact of flooding on people’s lives, as measured by insurance claims, has increased significantly in Britain and across the world.*

Key features

• A clear professional opinion for each of the flagged risks, indicating risk location and impact
• A site-specific depth analysis (where data is available)
• Bespoke recommendations tailored to the Site
• A standard advice checklist provides a clear list of actions and enquiries to undertake
• A future considerations section outlining what you might need to do if you choose to extend or redevelop the Site in the future
• An assessment of the likely availability of insurance
• Turnaround time of 5 working days

 *Source: National Flood Forum

Overview

Designed for high value transfers, use this report to find out the overall risk of flooding with and without defences. Know if a full Flood Risk Assessment is required for development under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Get an indication as to whether the flood risk means insurance will be harder to obtain and premiums could be high. Lastly, get details of flood protection and mitigation measures that are available, which could reduce the risk to your property.

What's included?

• Front page consultant’s overview
• Clear findings and recommendations
• Full river, coastal, groundwater and surface water analysis
• Manually assessed by Argyll Environmental Consultants
• Professional Indemnity Cover of £10 million

Flooding has a huge impact on businesses, many of which do not recover due to the severe disruption. FloodSolutions Commercial is the only flood risk report  that you should trust to give you an  accurate and affordable view of all types of major flooding.

Overview

For every transaction it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify flaws in the adoption status (confirming maintenance responsibility) can cause delays to the transaction as well as pose a risk to the purchaser’s future plans for the site. This report provides an insight into planned changes to roads and rights of way affecting commercial sites and residential properties.

What does it cover?

• Road maintenance status
• Footpath maintenance status
• Verge maintenance status
• Traffic schemes & orders
• Scheduled roadworks
• Existing public rights of way
• Proposed amendments to public rights of way

Backed by £10m professional indemnity cover, SiteSolutions Highways includes data sourced from the relevant County Council & Local Authorities across England & Wales, up to 15 hectares.

Because we digitise all Local Authority responses, we will get 100% clarity on any initially unclear Local Authority responses before adding to our database. There is no need for you as a lawyer to chase the Highways department, anymore.

Overview

Designed for large or high value residential properties, SiteSolutions Residence provides an assessment of contaminated land, flood and subsidence risk, along with Energy & Infrastructure alerts.

Data includes:

• Detailed information about telecommunication base stations and overhead transmission lines
• The UK’s most comprehensive landfill data
• Comprehensive natural hazards data including the most recent radon data and subsidence claims
• Risk and likely depth of surface water flooding, a major cause of flooding in urban areas – used by the Environment Agency and Local Authorities for emergency planning and development purposes
• The latest National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) data from the Environment Agency – recommended by the Association of British Insurers as a reliable indication of insurability for residential properties
• Unique dam break data from JBA Risk Management –identifies flood risk from failed local dams and reservoirs

Main risks are clearly summarised, allowing lawyers to cut and paste key information for their clients.