The smartest land and property decisions rest on location intelligence from Groundsure.
Groundsure is a UK authority on environmental risks including land contamination, flooding and ground stability. It provides high value, property-specific opinions, and analysis of land use based on the leading datasets that it collects and curates.
Groundsure helps a range of individuals and businesses make fully informed property transaction decisions including:
Groundsure turns data into practical, actionable insight. Its customers feel confident and able to understand that data and what it means for them, helping them make property decisions and advise their clients with confidence and clarity. To ensure Groundsure delivers the most up to date environmental data it partners with leading data, mapping and technology providers including but not limited to the Environment Agency, Ordnance Survey, the British Geological Survey and Ambiental.
We believe in following solid and honest business principles and industry best practice. We are committed to delivering market-leading products and customer excellence. We deliver this by following stringent operational processes for every aspect of our business, whether that’s our Data Governance Council or our Senior Management Boards through to delivering customer excellence every day.
As a result of our firm belief in the importance of accurate and reliable data governance Groundsure is a founding member of the Conveyancing Information Executive (www.conveyinfoexec.org).
We continually support, and learn from, our own community of approved Groundsure property-search resellers. This way we can guarantee their sales and customer-service teams know every aspect of our products and services. And we can know these offerings are 100% fit for their client’s needs, providing more empowering data and opinion, and enabling exceptional due diligence.
Contact: Dave Phillips
Email: marketing@groundsure.com
Tel: 08444 159 000
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Definition and classification of Groundwater Source Protection ZonesGroundwater provides a third of our drinking water in England and Wales, 7% in Northern Ireland and 3% in Scotland [1]. In some areas of Southern England, groundwater
Groundsure have been awarded the Legal Eye standard for the second year running. Legal Eye provides best practice, risk management and compliance services to the legal market. They work with Solicitors, Licensed Conveyancers and providers
Within the green belt, a number of residents are voicing their concerns over solar farms. A recent application to construct a 24 acre solar installation in Burstow, Surrey, has been reported to have caused controversy
In April 2015, a Surrey farmer lost his long-running battle with the planning authorities to protect a mock-Tudor castle which he had constructed behind huge bales of hay. Robert Fidler had built the four bedroom
UK could be facing a much bigger problem in dealing with unacknowledged contaminated land Former industrial land across England and Wales could be twice as much as official figures suggest, research from Groundsure reveals. Groundsure
Homeowners living in top five performing areas since 2013 set to pocket more than £100,000 on the value of their property The Crossrail project continues to boost local house prices, with the value of properties
Groundsure has created an infographic detailing key flood risk to potential property purchasers. The data used was collated from the most accurate and reliable sources (e.g JBA and Environment Agency) and covers England and Wales.
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a hardy, bamboo-like perennial plant that, although quite attractive on first glance, is highly aggressive and destructive. It was originally introduced by botanists as an ornamental garden plant in the
Background to asbestos and its impact Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral made up of many small fibres. There are three main types of asbestos – white asbestos (chrysotile), brown asbestos (amosite) and blue asbestos
The legacy of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in the UK has caused many problems for the construction industry over the last few years. Recently we have seen disruption to projects in Central London and Eastbourne, East
The Law Society issued a revised version of the Practice Note on Flood Risk on 18th December 2014 as a best practice guide for solicitors and conveyancers. The Environment Agency estimate that 5.2 million properties
The site in Langport, Somerset was occupied by the Langport Coal Gas Company from the 19th century until the site ceased operations in 1954. The site was redeveloped for residential housing in the 1980s. An
Green belt “an area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted”1 in the broadest of terms. The concept of Green Belt was initially suggested in the 19th century, with the first
At Groundsure we are continually improving products and services for our clients. As part of our latest release we have made some fantastic changes to our Homebuyers and Homescreen reports that we wanted to share
In the current economic climate is it possible to cut back on local authority spending whilst still improving wildlife? Conservation does not need to equate to extra funding. In fact conservation can actually save money
It was announced in December 2013 that the DEFRA funded Contaminated Land Capital Grants Scheme would be closed from 1 April 2014. This scheme provided Local Authorities with a means to receive government funding for
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is one of the most invasive plant species in Britain. It is a hardy, bamboo-like perennial plant that, although quite attractive on first glance, is highly aggressive and destructive. It has
"Maps are a very basic fundamental knowledge tool, woven into our urban environment, and silently improving our lives in all sorts of ways". Harry Wood, a member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team board. We all
According to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)1 UK households generate 21.5 million tonnes of waste every year. That’s the equivalent weight of 3 million double decker buses — a queue
Earlier this year the government announced plans to build Ebbsfleet garden city in Kent. The proposal includes 15,000 homes and the consultation period for the proposal ended on 6th October. So far Redrow Homes has
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