Avista

Our leading environmental search report that includes both a CON29M compliant mining search and innovative ClimateIndex™ forward climate scenario modelling - supporting your compliance with the Law Society Guidance on Climate Risks including duty of care and duty to warn.

The environmental search report that works smarter to keep your transactions moving.

Avista is the most comprehensive environmental search report available comprising ten key searches for residential property transactions, together with forward modelling of potential climate change risk from our new ClimateIndex™ module. 

We analyse over 110 million data points to produce every Avista report. These include mining and contaminated land features, all four major flood risks, ground stability, radon, current and planned energy features and transportation, and 10 years of planning data.

By using Land Registry polygons and our intelligent filtering tool, only relevant results are returned, leaving fewer blank data tables and maps.  And because Avista also includes a CON29M coal mining search and all other mining types available, it saves you and your client time and money with one search and all the answers. 

Key Features:

• Avista combines 10 environmental and geological searches in one, including contaminated land liability search, forward climate risk and 10 years of planning applications
• ClimateIndex™ – Forward climate scenario modelling for flood risk, subsidence & coastal erosion risks. 
• Transition Risks – advice on EPCs and retrofitting, buy to let options, flood insurance and resilience measures with example costs.
• Based on Land Registry polygon data for the highest level of accuracy
• Unique and intelligent Avista Action Alert case management tool
• Utilising the environmental expertise of our in-house qualified consultants in one environmental search report
• In-depth energy and transportation data including current and historic rail, subway and tram tunnels and features, together with renewable and other energy existing and proposed developments.

Key Benefits

• Supports compliance with 2 Law Society practice notes, Law Society Conveyancing handbook guidance for ground stability and The Law Society Guidance on Climate Risks including Duty of Care and Duty to Warn.
• Physical and Transition Risk Climate advisory – clear ratings for key physical risks, together with supporting energy efficiency and (where relevant) flood insurance and resilience advice – providing practical next steps on potential climate risks.
• Clear, accurate risk identification and next steps for your client. 
• Improved accuracy – using Land Registry Title polygons so it captures all features within the specific property and boundary
• The Avista Action Alert supports your case management by highlighting which reports could need more attention for your client. 
• Powered by the Groundsure IQ – 110 million data points managed by our unique AI algorithm, intelligently filtered and supported by our in-house consultancy expertise
• Uses our National Brownfield Risk Model and National Mining And Stability Risk Model 

If you have any questions about Avista, our most comprehensive environmental search report, then check out our Avista FAQ page 

Please note: if you have submitted a planning application to a local authority and received a contaminated land condition, this report is NOT sufficient for your needs. Our Projects team will be pleased to support your requirements.

*Reliance: £10m Professional Indemnity Insurance. Can be relied upon by all professional parties within a property transaction, first purchasers/tenants and their advisers. Please refer to Groundsure terms & conditions.