Understanding what lies beneath a development site is critical for safe, compliant and efficient project delivery. From avoiding utility strikes to improving planning certainty, underground utility data plays a decisive role. This blog explores the risks of unknown utilities and how the Landmark Utilities report gives developers clarity, reduces delays, and supports more confident decision‑making.
As a property or real estate lawyer, we know your clients rely on you to foresee risks before they become liabilities. Getting your due-diligence right before acquiring a site is essential to understand the sites development viability.
The UK’s commitment to net zero is reshaping how law firms operate, with client expectations, regulatory frameworks, and talent demands driving sustainability to the top of the agenda. While 48 of the UK’s top 50 firms have pledged climate-related targets, only a handful have set time-bound goals, highlighting the need for practical support.
On 19th November 2024, Landmark Information launched its remastered residential environmental search reports, a milestone that marked the start of a strategy to enhance how environmental risk information is delivered.
For conveyancing transactions, a Highways report is an essential resource, helping identify potential access issue and infrastructure considerations. However, as some conveyancers would agree, it can be a challenge to get this information.
The legal sector is increasingly recognising its environmental responsibilities. More firms are beginning to assess their carbon footprint and take steps toward reducing it.
Bristol Law Society (BLS) and Landmark Information have joined forces to help law firms of all sizes begin their journey toward net zero.
Background Following ambitions for future development to contribute biodiversity net gain (BNG) in Part 6 of the Environment Act 2021,…
Climate emergency, ESG, sustainable investment, green transition – these terms have become buzzwords across many industries, not least the legal…
#TLDR Site investigations resolve uncertainty in the conceptual site model. Time spent understanding site history reduces uncertainty and investigation costs. Investigations should be fully justified – WHY is that borehole, sample or analysis needed?
In the UK government’s 25-year Environment Plan (A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment), published in…
Surface water flooding occurs when intense rainfall overwhelms drainage systems. According to the Environment Agency, over 3 million people are…