Instant UK Property Check & Pre-Purchase Searches
Check any UK address in seconds before making an offer or paying £300+ in search fees. Query 10 official statutory registers instantly to uncover hidden flood risk, ground subsidence, planning restrictions, and sold deed prices—exportable as an audit-ready PDF report.
Screen any property in 30 seconds before committing search fees
Instant pre-offer screening across HM Land Registry, Environment Agency flood zones, BGS ground stability, and planning registers before submitting an offer or instructing conveyancers.
Avoid £300+ in abortive conveyancing search fees
Flag critical red flags upfront—such as functional flood plains (Zone 3b), active clay subsidence, radon action levels, or restrictive conservation orders—before paying non-refundable disbursements.
Institutional-grade due diligence report exportable as PDF
Generate clean, audit-ready PDF diligence reports formatted for your client care file, investment committee, or mortgage underwriter, fully aligned with Law Society Conveyancing Protocol standards.
Specialized Property Diligence Checkers
Explore dedicated tools for granular legal, planning, environmental, and valuation intelligence.
Surface water, river, and coastal flood risk models with official long-term risk band assessments and insurance risk score.
Street-level crime incident categorisation, historical frequency trends, and local policing outcomes by address.
Tree Preservation Orders, Article 4 Directions, Conservation Areas, and local planning constraints.
Official Price Paid transaction records, price-per-square-metre metrics, and index-adjusted comparables calculator.
Instant calculations for England & NI (SDLT), Scotland (LBTT), and Wales (LTT) across all buyer profiles.
Official VOA valuation bands, local council precepts, parish precepts, and 2026/27 annual charges. Every Council Tax figure is cross-checked against the local authority's own published resolution.
Enter any UK postcode to instantly identify your local council, billing authority, planning portal, and administrative headquarters.
Search recent planning applications, building notices, extensions, and decisions within 0.25 to 1.0 mile of any UK address.
UK Property Research Studies & National League Tables
Rigorous, audit-ready empirical analyses derived deterministically from official government registers (MHCLG, HMRC, ONS). Download open datasets, view press charts, or embed interactive widgets.
2026/27 Council Tax League Table
All 296 English & 22 Welsh billing authorities ranked by Band D charge, revealing the £1,736 postcode gap.
Stamp Duty (SDLT) Cliff-Edge Report
Analysis of the £500,001 first-time buyer cliff-edge (+£5k for £1) and 5-year combined property tax burdens.
Two-Tier vs Unitary Governance Atlas
Why 164 English Shire Districts split planning and highways, plus statutory local search turnaround windows.
UK Property Due Diligence & Legal Guides Directory
Instant answers referencing Acts of Parliament, RICS Red Book valuation standards, HM Land Registry practice guides, and statutory planning orders.
Chancel, Flying Freeholds & Covenants
Lender criteria, post-2013 buyer immunity rules, indemnity insurance, and Land Registry restrictions.
Class MA, CIL & 10% Net Gain
Floorspace cap abolition, 56-day deemed approval, Regulation 40 CIL formulas, and statutory credit pricing.
Radon, Knotweed & Subsidence
UKHSA action levels, RICS 2022 7-metre frameworks, TA6 disclosure obligations, and BGS clay models.
Band Appeals & Overpayments
Valuation Office Agency proposals, improvement indicator sale triggers, 100% reduction rules, and tribunals.
Aligning with CQS & The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol
Modern residential conveyancing practices face intense fee compression, fixed-fee quote pressure, and stringent compliance standards under the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). Pre-instruction screening equips fee earners and partners with immediate statutory clarity at file opening—protecting practice margins, mitigating professional indemnity claims, and upholding Lexcel and CQS compliance standards.
Uncover Hidden Environmental Liabilities
Over 1 in 6 UK properties face flood risk from rivers, the sea, or surface water runoff. Early screening against statutory Environment Agency models verifies whether a property qualifies for the government-backed Flood Re scheme. Flag Flood Re eligibility issues before your client's mortgage underwriter does, avoiding delayed completions.
Avoid Criminal Planning Infringements
Cutting down or lopping a tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) carries fines up to £20,000 under Section 210 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Similarly, Article 4 Directions remove Permitted Development Rights. Surface these restrictions at instruction stage, not after exchange, when they become your liability to have missed.
Benchmark Valuations with Land Registry Data
Evaluate historical completion records from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, tenure records, and price-per-square-metre metrics. Indexing past deed sales against the official UK House Price Index provides an objective baseline for negotiation — and provides useful context for valuation queries during the transaction.
The 10 Official Statutory Registers Queried in Every Report
What Property Searches Are Done When Buying a House?
A UK property check is an evidence-based statutory investigation conducted before buying a house or exchange of contracts. It verifies physical ground hazards, legal planning constraints, environmental flood exposures, and ownership records to ensure buyers avoid costly hidden liabilities before committing non-refundable solicitor disbursements.
Regulated Local Land Charges & Environmental Packs
Ordered through a solicitor upon opening escrow. Legally required by UK mortgage lenders to verify formal planning permissions (LLC1), building regulations (CON29), and drainage connections (CON29DW).
Pre-Offer & Pre-Instruction Due Diligence
Conducted immediately by buyers, investors, or conveyancers before making a formal offer or quoting. Queries 10 live statutory registers to uncover fatal red flags before incurring non-refundable legal fees.
The 4 Essential Property Searches Covered in Our Reports
Local Authority & Planning Search
Identifies planning applications within 500m, Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), Article 4 Directions removing permitted development rights, listed building grades, and unadopted highways.
Environmental & Flood Risk Search
Cross-references Environment Agency models for river, sea, and surface water runoff flood zones, flood warning alert areas, reservoir failure paths, and commercial insurance Flood Re eligibility.
Ground Stability & Subsidence Search
Audits British Geological Survey (BGS) GeoSure models for shrink-swell clay, soluble limestone dissolution, collapsible deposits, landslides, and UKHSA radon 1km potential bands.
Land Registry Title & Sold Prices
Examines official HM Land Registry completion records, freehold vs leasehold tenure status, historical price-per-square-metre metrics, and index-adjusted comparables across the postcode.
Frequently Asked Questions: UK Property Checks & Searches
Clear answers on property due diligence, conveyancing searches, costs, and official statutory data.
An official UK property check aggregates data from 10 statutory registers: HM Land Registry Price Paid completion history and freehold/leasehold tenure, Environment Agency river, sea, and surface water flood models, British Geological Survey (BGS) GeoSure subsidence and shrink-swell clay hazards, UKHSA-BGS 1km radon potential atlas, planning.data.gov.uk local planning applications within 500m, conservation areas, listed building statuses, Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), Article 4 Directions, Green Belt designations, EPC energy ratings and age bands, Police.uk 12-month crime statistics, and published local council tax charges.