Landmark products

Overview

RiskView Residential is an all-in-one environmental report, with the added bonus of a digital viewer for the home buyer. Provides concise and easy to interpret Contaminated Land, Flood, Ground Hazards and Energy & Infrastructure risk data, as well as interactive maps and further information for the buyer. RiskView Residential will include planning applications and planning constraints data, as standard.

RiskView Residential also now benefits from an increased remediation, from £100,000 to £250,000 which is the highest protection available in the market.

What's included?

• Front page risk summary and clear ‘next steps’
• Full desktop assessment of 4 environmental risks
• Landmark’s unique risk assessed land register data
• Contaminated Land excess free remediation contribution
• Landmark’s unique interactive viewer
• PI cover of £10 million

RiskView Residential is the only 'all in one' environmental report to automatically include a manual risk assessment where the data reveals a significant risk of flooding, resulting in far more flood passes. Uniquely, the height of the property is also considered in relation to possible flood events, resulting in a highly accurate risk result meaning that you get best practice due diligence with smoother, quicker transactions for you and your clients.

Simplified Guidance

RiskView Residential includes an online viewing tool that’s accessible via links embedded within the PDF report. You can now present the environmental and planning information in the way your clients want to see it: quickly and online. Your clients simply click through to a unique interactive map where they can easily navigate around the property and understand any environmental risks and planning information (when purchased with a Plansearch Plus) at their leisure.

Purchased together, RiskView and Plansearch Plus provide full environmental due diligence for every transaction, protecting your clients investment and the reputation of your practice!

Get in touch with our sales team here to order the RiskView Residential + Plansearch Plus combined product.

***Free report re-ordering service to support homebuyers facing lengthy transaction timescales***

Landmark is offering property lawyers the opportunity to re-order a fresh RiskView Residential report at a later stage of the transaction, for no additional fee. Click here for more details.

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Purchased together, RiskView and Landmark Planning provide full environmental due diligence for every transaction, protecting your clients investment and the reputation of your practice! This digital ‘bundle’ package provides homebuyer clients with online access to both environmental risk data and planning application data, via one single order.

1. RiskView Residential

RiskView Residential is an all-in-one environmental report, with the added bonus of a digital viewer for the home buyer. Provides concise and easy to interpret Contaminated Land, Flood, Ground Hazards and Energy & Infrastructure risk data, as well as interactive maps and further information for the buyer. RiskView Residential will include planning applications and planning constraints data, as standard.

RiskView Residential also now benefits from an increased remediation, from £100,000 to £250,000 which is the highest protection available in the market.

What's included?

• Front page risk summary and clear ‘next steps’
• Full desktop assessment of 4 environmental risks
• Landmark’s unique risk assessed land register data
• Contaminated Land excess free remediation contribution
• Landmark’s unique interactive viewer
• PI cover of £10 million

RiskView Residential is the only 'all in one' environmental report to automatically include a manual risk assessment where the data reveals a significant risk of flooding, resulting in far more flood passes. Uniquely, the height of the property is also considered in relation to possible flood events, resulting in a highly accurate risk result meaning that you get best practice due diligence with smoother, quicker transactions for you and your clients.

Simplified Guidance

RiskView Residential includes an online viewing tool that’s accessible via links embedded within the PDF report. You can now present the environmental and planning information in the way your clients want to see it: quickly and online. Your clients simply click through to a unique interactive map where they can easily navigate around the property and understand any environmental risks and planning information (when purchased with a Plansearch Plus) at their leisure.

***Free report re-ordering service to support homebuyers facing lengthy transaction timescales***

Landmark is offering property lawyers the opportunity to re-order a fresh RiskView Residential report at a later stage of the transaction, for no additional fee. Click here for more details.

2. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

The perfect combination

Each time a RiskView Residential environmental report is ordered alongside a Landmark Planning report, the environmental and planning application data will be added automatically to an online, interactive map viewer, which helps to visually ‘bring to life’ the findings. This means homeowners can instantly see where any potential environmental risks may be present within a 250m proximity of the property, in addition to active/pending/approved residential and commercial planning applications up to a 750m radius via the mapped viewer.

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

A comprehensive contaminated land risk assessment, designed to highlight any potential risk of contaminated land, as defined under Part 2A of the Environment Protection Act 1990. The report also includes a flood screen and identifies any energy & infrastructure projects (such as fracking & HS2).

What's included:

• Front page risk summary and clear ‘next steps’
• Consultant’s professional opinion
• Current and historical land use
• Flood screen
• Energy & Infrastructure projects screen
• Environmental constraints 

Expert professional opinion included
Every report comes with expert professional opinion from Argyll Environmental, providing clear commercial guidance on the likelihood that the property will be designated as ‘contaminated land’ under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Key features

• Main risks clearly summarised, on the front page
• Clear recommendations and next steps, allowing lawyers and
• conveyancers to cut and paste key information for their clients
• Free re-review of any Further Action contaminated land reports simply send in relevant information and we will review

Unique and updated environmental data

Includes Landmark Information Group’s unique risk assessed land register data, which continues to capture details of properties deemed as unlikely to be designated as contaminated land – greatly improving the efficiency of transactions and negating the need for ‘Further Action’.

Expert Recommendations and Professional Opinion
Every Sitecheck Assess report comes with recommendations and professional opinion from Landmark Information Group and our inhouse environmental experts Argyll Environmental, providing clear and positive guidance, which can easily be relayed to your clients. We also have a highly skilled and experienced Customer Services team who are happy to assist you with any questions you might have about the report.

Prefer an all-in-one report?
RiskView incorporates the data and assessment of 12 key environmental risks covering contaminated land, flood, ground hazards including radon and energy and infrastructure, highlighting risks and information that may impact the future enjoyment and saleability of the property. 

Please view sample report and product card for more details.

Overview

Envirosearch Residential provides a comprehensive review of potential environmental risks affecting a property, including contaminated land, flood, ground stability, and radon. Meeting the needs of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the report also includes other factors such as HS2, fracking, solar and windfarms; ensuring appropriate due diligence for every transaction.

This report contains:

• Complete historical mapping information on: Standard Environmental Enquiries, Past and Current Industrial Land Use, Mining, Radon and Ground Stability.
• The latest flood data including the identification of flood defences as recorded by the Environment Agency. Includes surface water (pluvial) flooding.
• Overhead powerlines included
• The report includes independent, professional opinion by leading chartered surveyors, Wilbourn Associates.
• Remediation contribution of up to £60,000, regardless of report result*
• PI Cover

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

Expert professional opinion included

Every Envirosearch report comes with recommendations and a professional opinion from Argyll Environmental, Landmark's experts in specialist risk management services - providing clear and positive guidance, which can be copied into client reports.

Simple to read

Designed so your clients can digest and understand the guidance and next steps with ease, Envirosearch Residential will save you time dealing with related questions.

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Homecheck Professional provides comprehensive and easy to read reports, with information in the five key areas that are not covered by standard Local Authority searches: Enquiries of Statutory Registers, Enquiries Concerning Land Use, Enquiries Concerning Land Instability, Enquiries Concerning Natural Perils, and Enquiries Concerning Other Matters.

This report contains:

• A clear, independent assessment on contaminated land liability from Europe’s largest environmental consultancy.
• Historical Energy Facility Data, including oil and gas tanks
• Landmark’s unique Historical Land Use Data
• The latest property specific flood data
• Remediation of £60,000 when a certificate has been issued*
• Professional indemnity cover of £1 million

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

Overview

Landmark Flood provides a comprehensive and clear analysis of flood risk. Our consultants assess all high-risk sites to ensure a property specific assessment. This is key to make sure we only identify the risks that matter. The report considers flood defences and the availability of insurance and examines river, coastal, surface, groundwater and other sources of flood risk.

What’s included?

• Flood - DETAILED REPORT INC. FULL ANALYSIS

Plus the following features:

• Consultant assessment on high risk sites
• Clear next steps
• Returned within 24 hours
• £10m PI cover of £10million
• Insurability statement
• Law Society compliant FloodRe eligibility indicator

1 in 6 properties in England and Wales are at risk of flooding, with many people unaware of their risk. To add to this, insurance data shows flood risk is ever increasing as our climate changes. The aim of this report is to make understanding flood risk simple, providing an accurate overview with clear next steps.

Use this report to understand:

• The risk of flooding at residential sites
• The availability of buildings insurance
• Flood protection and resilience measures

Please view product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Designed for residential properties, use this report to understand if there are man-made or natural hazards in the area that could cause damage to your property. The report also identifies any insurance claims from subsidence in your postcode, and whether there have been any insurance claims in the immediate vicinity of your property that have been handled by the Coal Authority

What's included

• Potential hazards from former mining operations
• Potential hazards from former brine pumping and salt mining
• Potential hazards from areas of former landfill and infilling
• Potential hazards from natural sources
• Insurance claims from subsidence
• Subsidence insurance claims as a result of former coal mining

This report includes detailed professional opinion and next steps (which can be copied into your client documentation) provided for each section, where a hazard has been identified.

Don't leave it to chance

Subsidence can result in extensive damage to a property and should be considered when purchasing property. This report will allow you to effectively identify if hazards exist and provide information to allow further investigation of these hazards.

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

Overview

Sitecheck Planning provides extensive information on planning applications within 500m of the property. It also includes a development plan tracker, listing current and emerging development plans published by Local Authorities as well as the latest flooding data.

Designed for commercial sites, use this report to understand:

• What types of development are currently being carried out in the area
• Whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the site
• How the area might change over the coming years
• What future uses of land are being proposed for nearby areas

What’s Included

• Planning Applications
• Land use designations
• Rights of way
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education

Whilst standard local authority searches are restricted to the property in question, it is crucial to investigate the surrounding area to identify changes that could have an impact on the commercial premises or site. This report will provide a summary of Planning applications in the area surrounding the site, as well as interpretation of local development plans, giving an insight into the local authority’s vision for future development in the area.

Response to the question:
3.13. Do records indicate that the property is in a "Radon Affected Area" as identified by the Health Protection Agency?

Overview

This combined product includes DevAssess Premium and Sitecheck Planning.

1. DevAssess Premium

This report offers an in-depth professional opinion on the risk of development for large residential and commercial properties. It is suitable for sites from 0.25 acres to 40 acres and includes:

• Relevant planning history of the subject property
• Identification of relevant historic planning applications 75m from the boundaries
• Planning data included at no extra cost
• Explanation of emerging and adopted Local Plan Policy
• Identification of potential future development sites where no relevant planning history exists
• Identification of land allocated for development where no relevant planning history exists
• Detailed study of the SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment) sites currently being considered for future allocation
• Study of current and potential gypsy / traveller sites
• A search for changes to nearby infrastructure
• Identification of development potential of the subject property
• OS Mapping identifying potential development sites
• Aerial Photography

2. Sitecheck Planning

Sitecheck Planning provides extensive information on planning applications within 500m of the property. It also includes a development plan tracker, listing current and emerging development plans published by Local Authorities as well as the latest flooding data.

Designed for commercial sites, use this report to understand:

• What types of development are currently being carried out in the area
• Whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the site
• How the area might change over the coming years
• What future uses of land are being proposed for nearby areas

What’s Included

• Planning Applications
• Land use designations
• Rights of way
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education

Whilst standard local authority searches are restricted to the property in question, it is crucial to investigate the surrounding area to identify changes that could have an impact on the commercial premises or site. This report will provide a summary of Planning applications in the area surrounding the site, as well as interpretation of local development plans, giving an insight into the local authority’s vision for future development in the area.

Please view sample reports for more details.

The Ground Stability report from the Coal Authority combines an official CON29M with data from the British Geological Survey (BGS), highlighting specific information on the potential hazards related to natural subsidence.

This report is also available for both on and off coalfield residential property transactions.

What’s included

Each report will include any information available for the following:

• underground and opencast coal mining
• mine entries
• coal mining geology
• coal mining subsidence
• natural causes of subsidence
• mine gas and surface hazards related to coal mining
• available for both on and off coalfield transactions

The Ground Stability report from the Coal Authority combines an official CON29M with data from the British Geological Survey (BGS), highlighting specific information on the potential hazards related to natural subsidence.

This report is also available for both on and off coalfield residential property transactions.

What’s included

Each report will include any information available for the following:

• underground and opencast coal mining
• mine entries
• coal mining geology
• coal mining subsidence
• natural causes of subsidence
• mine gas and surface hazards related to coal mining
• available for both on and off coalfield transactions

Landmark's new Intelligent Report on Title product

Overview

The CON29M Law Society-accredited coal report from Landmark provides property-specific information relating to past, current and future underground and surface coal mining activities, for properties or sites in England, Scotland and Wales. Analysis is clearly presented in a simple traffic light system, with a professional opinion included as standard, providing practical next steps.

What’s included

• The report outlines coal mining risks for anyone managing a property transaction including:
  • Underground and opencast coal mining
  • Mine entry points
  • Coal mining geology hazards
  • Coal mining subsidence risk
  • Mine gas and surface hazards
  • Historic rights to coal
• Includes a Professional Opinion on next steps if hazards are found
• Answers and provides expert opinion on all 11 CON29M questions as set out by the Law Society
• Includes TCA data
• Simple ‘traffic light’ summary provides instant clarity on report findings
• User friendly informative sections to explain the nature of any risk

Delivering mining insight and assurances

Landmark CON29M Coal powered by PinPoint supports property solicitors, lenders and clients by providing expert intelligence and interpretation regarding mining-related hazards. It does so in an easy to read and understand report that advises on the potential impact mining activity may have on the property in question.

Why choose Landmark’s CON29M Coal Report?

• Automated service delivers accuracy, speed, capacity and consistent pricing
• Data independently verified and tested for accuracy
• Accurate reporting of risks, even in areas known by The Coal Authority to be problematic
• Meets extensive due diligence requirements
• All Landmark CON29M Coal reports are signed-off by PinPoint Director Phil Huddleston MRICS Chartered Mineral Surveyor, former Head of Mining Information at The Coal Authority
• Includes underground roadways, mineral screening and mining geology as standard
• Brine risk insurance provides peace of mind
• Expert analysis and assessment at a cost effective rate

Please view sample report and product card for further details.

The Landmark Chancel Report, powered by PinPoint Information, has been developed to provide an accurate analysis of any potential Chancel liabilities. If a risk is identified or further assessment of the findings is required, the PinPoint data team works in partnership with specialist University academics to provide a definitive response.

For added protection, the Landmark Chancel Report includes a PinPoint’s Accuracy Certificate, supported by an Aviva indemnity up to £3M, which protects owners and lenders against inaccurate results caused through Historical Data which is either missing or inaccurate at The National Archives.

The Landmark Chancel Report, powered by PinPoint Information, has been developed to provide an accurate analysis of any potential Chancel liabilities. If a risk is identified or further assessment of the findings is required, the PinPoint data team works in partnership with specialist University academics to provide a definitive response.

For added protection, the Landmark Chancel Report includes a PinPoint’s Accuracy Certificate, supported by an Aviva indemnity up to £3M, which protects owners and lenders against inaccurate results caused through Historical Data which is either missing or inaccurate at The National Archives

Introducing the Landmark Climate Change Report - Helping property professionals, property investors and businesses to understand how climate change could impact a property.

It is highly important to start reporting on climate change and the numbers can prove it:

• 2022 was officially the warmest year on record for the UK (Source: BBC)
• Large-scale action in all sectors of the economy will be required, including tackling emissions generated by the building stock, which accounts for 31% of our national emissions. (Souce: Gov.uk) 
• 25 percent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to the built environment. (Source: parliament.uk) 

The Landmark Climate Change Report is a desktop report, designed to enable property professionals to understand how climate change could impact a given residential or commercial property.  

Unlike other reports in the market, it benefits from understanding the concerns of both: 

• Physical risks [flooding, subsidence, heat stress, coastal erosion]
• Transition risks [energy performance]

The report is property specific, based on a UPRN, and doesn’t stop with providing just data; delivered in an intuitive format Landmark Climate Change Report gives property professionals the ability to inform clients with advice and recommendations relating to climate change.

Who is this report for?

The Landmark Climate Change Report is for real estate lawyers and residential conveyancers¿ who want to provide best practice due diligence and inform their clients on future climate change risks

The report gives the ability to inform on short, medium and long-term physical and transitional climate-related risks for a specific property with advice and recommendations if appropriate, delivered in an intuitive format unlike current reports in the market which provide unsupported data and little explanation in every environmental report, regardless of requirements.

Further reading

Landmark asked leading experts in their property-related fields to contribute to a white paper, which sets out the physical and transitional risks that the industry faces – and proposes workable solutions to the challenge of reporting on and responding to the risks. 

Read the executive summary of the Landmark Climate Change white paper here

Additional, you can also check out a series of Landmark blog posts here:

• A duty to warn of climate-related risks
• How property lawyers can act now on climate change
• Reflections at the end of COP 27
• Climate change: there is no time left for prevarication or procrastination
• Climate change: you can’t fix what you don’t measure

Introducing the Landmark Climate Change Report - Helping property professionals, property investors and businesses to understand how climate change could impact a property.

It is highly important to start reporting on climate change and the numbers can prove it:

• 2022 was officially the warmest year on record for the UK (Source: BBC)
• Large-scale action in all sectors of the economy will be required, including tackling emissions generated by the building stock, which accounts for 31% of our national emissions. (Souce: Gov.uk) 
• 25 percent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to the built environment. (Source: parliament.uk) 

The Landmark Climate Change Report is a desktop report, designed to enable property professionals to understand how climate change could impact a given residential or commercial property.  

Unlike other reports in the market, it benefits from understanding the concerns of both: 

• Physical risks [flooding, subsidence, heat stress, coastal erosion]
• Transition risks [energy performance]

The report is property specific, based on a UPRN, and doesn’t stop with providing just data; delivered in an intuitive format Landmark Climate Change Report gives property professionals the ability to inform clients with advice and recommendations relating to climate change.

Who is this report for?

The Landmark Climate Change Report is for real estate lawyers and residential conveyancers who want to provide best practice due diligence and inform their clients on future climate change risks

The report gives the ability to inform on short, medium and long-term physical and transitional climate-related risks for a specific property with advice and recommendations if appropriate, delivered in an intuitive format unlike current reports in the market which provide unsupported data and little explanation in every environmental report, regardless of requirements.

Further reading

Landmark asked leading experts in their property-related fields to contribute to a white paper, which sets out the physical and transitional risks that the industry faces – and proposes workable solutions to the challenge of reporting on and responding to the risks. 

Read the executive summary of the Landmark Climate Change white paper here

Additionally, you can also check out a series of Landmark blog posts here:

• A duty to warn of climate-related risks
• How property lawyers can act now on climate change
• Reflections at the end of COP 27
• Climate change: there is no time left for prevarication or procrastination
• Climate change: you can’t fix what you don’t measure

Overview

The Landmark Regulated Coal Report is a CIE Regulated assessment of coal risk that provides a detailed assessment regarding environmental or ground stability hazards resulting from past, current or future underground or opencast mining activities. It also includes information relating to subsidence claims, mine entry points, surface hazards and mining geology that may impact on a property.

What’s included

• The Landmark Regulated Coal Report assesses the impact of the following:
  • Automated ‘Zones of Influence’ calculations
  • Potential mining risk areas
  • Mining abandonment plans
  • Mine entries
  • Mining Geology
  • Underground workings
  • Underground roadways
  • Opencast mining
  • Subsidence claims
  • Surface hazards
  • Mine gas incidents
• Includes a Professional Opinion on next steps if hazards are found
• Answers and provides expert opinion on all 11 CON29M questions as set out by the Law Society
• Additional appendices will provide interpretive answers where mine entries and/or subsidence claims are referred to in the report
• Simple ‘traffic light’ summary provides instant clarity on report findings
• User friendly informative sections to explain the nature of any risk

Delivering mining insight and assurances

Landmark Regulated Coal powered by PinPoint supports property solicitors, lenders and clients by providing expert intelligence and interpretation regarding mining-related hazards. It does so in an easy to read and understand report that advises on the potential impact mining activity may have on the property in question.

Why choose Landmark’s Regulated Coal Report?

• Automated service delivers accuracy, speed, capacity and consistent pricing
• Data independently verified and tested for accuracy
• Technical queries are handled by industry professionals and experts e.g. Minerals Surveyor
• Accurate reporting of risks, even in areas known by The Coal Authority to be problematic
• Meets extensive due diligence requirements
• All Landmark Regulated Coal reports are signed-off by PinPoint Director Phil Huddleston MRICS Chartered Mineral Surveyor, former Head of Mining Information at The Coal Authority
• Includes underground roadways, mineral screening and mining geology as standard
• Brine risk insurance provides peace of mind
• Expert analysis and assessment at a cost effective rate

Please view sample report and product card for further details.

Overview

With an ever-increasing need for property conveyancers to be both compliant as well as cost effective, Landmark are pleased to offer a report bundle combining Landmark Coal with our market leading 'all-in-one' report, RiskView Residential. This will allow you to support your clients with best-in-class data and assessments whilst providing complete environmental due diligence promptly, delivering an efficient speedier service.

Landmark Coal

The Landmark Regulated Coal Report is a CIE Regulated assessment of coal risk that provides a detailed assessment regarding environmental or ground stability hazards resulting from past, current or future underground or opencast mining activities. It also includes information relating to subsidence claims, mine entry points, surface hazards and mining geology that may impact on a property.

What’s included

The Landmark Regulated Coal Report assesses the impact of the following:

• Automated ‘Zones of Influence’ calculations
• Potential mining risk areas
• Mining abandonment plans
• Mine entries
• Mining Geology
• Underground workings
• Underground roadways
• Opencast mining
• Subsidence claims
• Surface hazards
• Mine gas incidents

• Includes a Professional Opinion on next steps if hazards are found
• Answers and provides expert opinion on all 11 CON29M questions as set out by the Law Society
• Additional appendices will provide interpretive answers where mine entries and/or subsidence claims are referred to in the report
• Simple ‘traffic light’ summary provides instant clarity on report findings
• User friendly informative sections to explain the nature of any risk

Landmark RiskView Residential

RiskView Residential is an all-in-one environmental report, with the added bonus of a digital viewer for the home buyer. Provides concise and easy to interpret Contaminated Land, Flood, Ground Hazards and Energy & Infrastructure risk data, as well as interactive maps and further information for the buyer. RiskView Residential will include planning applications and planning constraints data, as standard.

RiskView Residential also now benefits from an increased remediation, from £100,000 to £250,000 which is the highest protection available in the market.

What's included?

• Front page risk summary and clear ‘next steps’
• Full desktop assessment of 4 environmental risks
• Landmark’s unique risk assessed land register data
• Contaminated Land excess free remediation contribution
• Landmark’s unique interactive viewer
• PI cover of £10 million

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

The CON29M Law Society-accredited coal report from Landmark provides property-specific information relating to past, current and future underground and surface coal mining activities, for properties or sites in England, Scotland and Wales. Analysis is clearly presented in a simple traffic light system, with a professional opinion included as standard, providing practical next steps.

When do I need this?
Where there is a requirement to complete due diligence when buying residential property in any area deemed to be Affected Area in England & Wales.

When do I use this?
When requiring a CON29M standard report with a Professional Opinion regarding ground stability hazards resulting from past, current or future underground or opencast mining.

Overview

This combined product incorporates Landmark's Envirosearch Residential and Plansearch Plus.

1. Envirosearch Residential

Envirosearch Residential provides a comprehensive review of potential environmental risks affecting a property, including contaminated land, flood, ground stability, and radon. Meeting the needs of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the report also includes other factors such as HS2, fracking, solar and windfarms; ensuring appropriate due diligence for every transaction.

This report contains:

• Complete historical mapping information on: Standard Environmental Enquiries, Past and Current Industrial Land Use, Mining, Radon and Ground Stability.
• The latest flood data including the identification of flood defences as recorded by the Environment Agency. Includes surface water (pluvial) flooding.
• Overhead powerlines included
• The report includes independent, professional opinion by leading chartered surveyors, Wilbourn Associates.
• Remediation contribution of up to £60,000, regardless of report result*
• PI Cover

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

Expert professional opinion included 

Every Envirosearch report comes with recommendations and a professional opinion from Argyll Environmental, Landmark's experts in specialist risk management services - providing clear and positive guidance, which can be copied into client reports.

Simple to read

Designed so your clients can digest and understand the guidance and next steps with ease, Envirosearch Residential will save you time dealing with related questions.

2. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

View product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

This combined product incorporates Landmark's Envirosearch, Landmark Planning, and Mining and Subsidence.

1. Envirosearch

Envirosearch Residential provides a comprehensive review of potential environmental risks affecting a property, including contaminated land, flood, ground stability, and radon. Meeting the needs of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the report also includes other factors such as HS2, fracking, solar and windfarms; ensuring appropriate due diligence for every transaction.

This report contains:

• Complete historical mapping information on: Standard Environmental Enquiries, Past and Current Industrial Land Use, Mining, Radon and Ground Stability.
• The latest flood data including the identification of flood defences as recorded by the Environment Agency. Includes surface water (pluvial) flooding.
• Overhead powerlines included
• The report includes independent, professional opinion by leading chartered surveyors, Wilbourn Associates.
• Remediation contribution of up to £60,000, regardless of report result*
• PI Cover

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

Expert professional opinion included 

Every Envirosearch report comes with recommendations and a professional opinion from Argyll Environmental, Landmark's experts in specialist risk management services - providing clear and positive guidance, which can be copied into client reports.

Simple to read

Designed so your clients can digest and understand the guidance and next steps with ease, Envirosearch Residential will save you time dealing with related questions.

2. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

3. Mining and Subsidence

Designed for residential properties, use this report to understand if there are man-made or natural hazards in the area that could cause damage to your property. The report also identifies any insurance claims from subsidence in your postcode, and whether there have been any insurance claims in the immediate vicinity of your property that have been handled by the Coal Authority

What's included

• Potential hazards from former mining operations
• Potential hazards from former brine pumping and salt mining
• Potential hazards from areas of former landfill and infilling
• Potential hazards from natural sources
• Insurance claims from subsidence
• Subsidence insurance claims as a result of former coal mining

This report includes detailed professional opinion and next steps (which can be copied into your client documentation) provided for each section, where a hazard has been identified.

Don't leave it to chance

Subsidence can result in extensive damage to a property and should be considered when purchasing property. This report will allow you to effectively identify if hazards exist and provide information to allow further investigation of these hazards.

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Overview

This combined product incorporates Landmark's Homecheck Pro and Landmark Planning.

1. Homecheck Pro

Homecheck Professional provides comprehensive and easy to read reports, with information in the five key areas that are not covered by standard Local Authority searches: Enquiries of Statutory Registers, Enquiries Concerning Land Use, Enquiries Concerning Land Instability, Enquiries Concerning Natural Perils, and Enquiries Concerning Other Matters.

This report contains:

• A clear, independent assessment on contaminated land liability from Europe’s largest environmental consultancy.
• Historical Energy Facility Data, including oil and gas tanks
• Landmark’s unique Historical Land Use Data
• The latest property specific flood data
• Remediation of £60,000 when a certificate has been issued*
• Professional indemnity cover of £1 million

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

2. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

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Overview

This combined product incorporates Landmark's Homecheck Pro, Landmark Planning and Mining and Subsidence.

1. Homecheck Pro

Homecheck Professional provides comprehensive and easy to read reports, with information in the five key areas that are not covered by standard Local Authority searches: Enquiries of Statutory Registers, Enquiries Concerning Land Use, Enquiries Concerning Land Instability, Enquiries Concerning Natural Perils, and Enquiries Concerning Other Matters.

This report contains:

• A clear, independent assessment on contaminated land liability from Europe’s largest environmental consultancy.
• Historical Energy Facility Data, including oil and gas tanks
• Landmark’s unique Historical Land Use Data
• The latest property specific flood data
• Remediation of £60,000 when a certificate has been issued*
• Professional indemnity cover of £1 million

* subject to terms and conditions. All prices are subject to price change.

2. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

Landmark Planning will uniquely display data of the majority of the UK’s large planning applications as polygons, providing a realistic understanding of the potential impact, both positive and negative, of a development.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

3. Mining and Subsidence

Designed for residential properties, use this report to understand if there are man-made or natural hazards in the area that could cause damage to your property. The report also identifies any insurance claims from subsidence in your postcode, and whether there have been any insurance claims in the immediate vicinity of your property that have been handled by the Coal Authority

What's included

• Potential hazards from former mining operations
• Potential hazards from former brine pumping and salt mining
• Potential hazards from areas of former landfill and infilling
• Potential hazards from natural sources
• Insurance claims from subsidence
• Subsidence insurance claims as a result of former coal mining

This report includes detailed professional opinion and next steps (which can be copied into your client documentation) provided for each section, where a hazard has been identified.

Don't leave it to chance

Subsidence can result in extensive damage to a property and should be considered when purchasing property. This report will allow you to effectively identify if hazards exist and provide information to allow further investigation of these hazards.

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

This combined product incorporates Landmark's Planning with the DevAssess Report by DevAssist.

1. Landmark Planning

The Landmark Planning report will give your clients details on whether there are nearby planning applications that may impact the property as well as any types of development that are currently being carried out in the area.

What’s Included:

• Planning applications
• Land use designations
• Housing and neighbourhood demographics
• Amenities and education
• Rights of way

The Landmark Planning report includes the addition of useful ‘neighbourhood’ information; such as the location of telecoms masts, local footpaths, nearby schools and their performance, housing types and average prices, population demographics and local amenities. This will better inform your client, ensuring they are aware of planning decisions and socio-demographic knowledge within the surrounding area of their potential property.

2. DevAssess

DevAssess establishes the development risk within a 75m radius from the centre of the property and identifies the new build development potential of the property. Combining existing planning information with a comprehensive investigation that exposes unexploited development sites, DevAssess reveals relevant potential development activity to homebuyers and nuisance planning applications that could affect the homebuyers enjoyment of the property. Altered views and loss of privacy can significantly reduce the value of some properties.

The report also identifies the new build development potential of the property. By exposing the hidden value, buyers could make a home an even better investment.

The report includes:

• Planning data included at no extra cost
• Identification of relevant historic planning applications within the search radius
• Explanation of Local Plan Policy
• Identification of potential future development sites where no relevant planning history exists
• Identification of land allocated for development where no relevant planning history exists
• Identification of development potential of the property
• OS Mapping identifying potential development sites

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Overview

Knowledge of features below the surface is essential for every development. Designed for commercial sites and redevelopments, the Utilities Report provides a very comprehensive search for underground service information relevant to your development site, including gas and oil pipelines, electricity cables, telecommunication wires, mains water supplies, sewerage and fibre-optic cables. 

With a clear front page summary showing report status and affected utility types, this report includes:

• Comprehensive search of 35-45 utilities for each site
• Status report confirming utility service responses
• Effective report separated into affected and unaffected responses
• Robust quality assurance with every plan checked for accuracy
• Up-to-date information guaranteed with a new search on every site

Landmark's Utilities report prevents time consuming correspondence with a number of utilities companies, and reduce the risk of expensive litigation and danger for the workforce involved.

Responses are separated into ‘Affected’ and ‘Unaffected’ sections, to ensure all important information is quickly apparent. Utility company response plans  are provided for all affected responses, and all not affected responses evidenced for your records.

Professional Indemnity

Cover of £10million, subject to terms and conditions.

Turnaround times

Please note this Utilities Report is the Express Service, with a turnaround of 5 working days. For other options please select the following:

• Standard Service (20 working days)
• Premium Service (10 working days)

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Knowledge of features below the surface is essential for every development. Designed for commercial sites and redevelopments, the Utilities Report provides a very comprehensive search for underground service information relevant to your development site, including gas and oil pipelines, electricity cables, telecommunication wires, mains water supplies, sewerage and fibre-optic cables. 

With a clear front page summary showing report status and affected utility types, this report includes:

• Comprehensive search of 35-45 utilities for each site
• Status report confirming utility service responses
• Effective report separated into affected and unaffected responses
• Robust quality assurance with every plan checked for accuracy
• Up-to-date information guaranteed with a new search on every site

Landmark's Utilities report prevents time consuming correspondence with a number of utilities companies, and reduce the risk of expensive litigation and danger for the workforce involved.

Responses are separated into ‘Affected’ and ‘Unaffected’ sections, to ensure all important information is quickly apparent. Utility company response plans  are provided for all affected responses, and all not affected responses evidenced for your records.

Professional Indemnity

Cover of £10million, subject to terms and conditions.

Turnaround times

Please note this Utilities Report is the Premium Service, with a turnaround of 10 working days. For other options please select the following:

• Standard Service (20 working days)
• Express Service (5 working days)

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Knowledge of features below the surface is essential for every development. Designed for commercial sites and redevelopments, the Utilities Report provides a very comprehensive search for underground service information relevant to your development site, including gas and oil pipelines, electricity cables, telecommunication wires, mains water supplies, sewerage and fibre-optic cables. 

With a clear front page summary showing report status and affected utility types, this report includes:

• Comprehensive search of 35-45 utilities for each site
• Status report confirming utility service responses
• Effective report separated into affected and unaffected responses
• Robust quality assurance with every plan checked for accuracy
• Up-to-date information guaranteed with a new search on every site

Landmark's Utilities report prevents time consuming correspondence with a number of utilities companies, and reduce the risk of expensive litigation and danger for the workforce involved.

Responses are separated into ‘Affected’ and ‘Unaffected’ sections, to ensure all important information is quickly apparent. Utility company response plans  are provided for all affected responses, and all not affected responses evidenced for your records.

Professional Indemnity

Cover of £10million, subject to terms and conditions.

Turnaround times

Please note this Utilities Report is the Standard Service, with a turnaround of 20 working days. For other options please select the following:

• Express Service (5 working days)
• Premium Service (10 working days)

View our product card and sample report for full details.

Overview

Sitecheck Combined is an environmental and flood risk assessment for commercial properties. As well as providing an indication as to whether a site could be contaminated, it provides a comprehensive assessment of all major sources of flooding.

Designed for any party involved in the commercial property transaction, this report may be used for redevelopment sites. However, for especially complex cases, we recommend SiteSolutions Combined, which includes a complete manual review by a named consultant in every instance.

What's included?

• Consultant’s professional opinion
• Contaminated land risk assessment
• Flood information and mapping
• Ground stability data
• Other environmental hazards

The report includes an assessment of the impact of land contamination on the property that satisfies the Law Society Warning Card. It also provides an assessment of the main types of flooding in the UK. 

Overview

SmartSearch is the "gold standard" in AML compliance and will enable your business to comply with current and future regulations. Created with the highest quality data, SmartSearch Individual AML Search provides a 'one-stop-shop' for all KYC, AML, Sanction & PEP compliance needs with global coverage.

Features

• With no need to collect documents, SmartSearch delivers simplified and accelerated customer on boarding, with UK individuals verified instantly, including their Sanction & PEP screen.
• On average individual searches return 7 proofs of identity from 6 independent sources, including Experian, Equifax, Dow Jones and Companies House.
• Dual CRA Bureau connectivity enables highest 'match & pass' rate in the market.
• SmartSearch is a proven solution used by 1 in 4 of the top 500 law firms so far, serving 35,000 users and monitoring 2 billion records each year. 

Please view sample report for full details.