For RICS surveyors · valuation + appendix context
RICS surveyor environmental risk report
Valuation reports want context: is the area on the up, what's the crime trend, are there flood concerns, has the EPC band shifted. Surveyors stitch this together from postcodes.io for geography + Police.uk for crime + EA for flood + the EPC register for energy. Each one a separate JSON shape, each one missed when a junior runs the report. The postcode-intelligence endpoint returns the full picture in a stable JSON shape — geography + crime + flood + radon + coal mining + contaminated land + landfill + knotweed — with each capability carrying its own `source` provenance line so the valuation appendix names the authoritative data source.
What the appendix wants vs what we deliver
A typical RICS valuation report appendix names: (1) postcode geography (region, LSOA, parliamentary constituency), (2) recent crime breakdown (8-bucket: theft / burglary / vehicle / public-order / criminal-damage / drug / violence / other), (3) crime trend (12-month direction with % change), (4) flood-risk band (river/sea + surface water), (5) radon-risk band, (6) any coal-mining / contaminated-land / knotweed flags, (7) EPC band for the property. The endpoint returns all 7 in one call — no more 5-API stitching.
Standalone surveyor workflow
Drop the API into your report-template generator (or use the Certaby /tools/postcode-intelligence form for the no-integration path). The response shape is stable + documented; map each capability to your standard appendix field. For RICS Red Book reports the surveyor reviews + signs off; the API just feeds the data the template expects. Per-call pricing fits a 50-200-valuation-per-month surveyor: £1.95 entry rate, £0.49 at 100-pack.
Combined property+conveyancer workflow
If your firm also runs the AML side of conveyancing, the conveyancer-suite endpoint at /v1/suites/conveyancer/check bundles the surveyor's environmental data with buyer/seller AML + PSC walk + audit-cert PDF for £19.95 per pack. One transaction; one PDF; one £19.95 charge. Standalone tiers at £4.95 buyer-only or £14.95 environmental-only let you mix-and-match per matter.
Frequently asked
Does this cover Japanese knotweed?
Postcode-area proxy from INNS / iRecord aggregates. Carries an explicit disclaimer that the band is NOT a property-level survey — the surveyor should still rely on TA6 disclosure + a chartered surveyor field check.
Is the crime data per-postcode or per-LSOA?
Police.uk publishes per-street-segment within a 1-mile radius. We return both the 8-bucket category breakdown and the 12-month trend with up/flat/down arrows.
How does this fit RICS Red Book reports?
We don't produce the RICS-format report; we feed the data the surveyor's report-template needs. A standard pattern: pre-populate the 'environmental factors' section + the surveyor reviews + signs.
Source provenance?
Every capability returns a `source` field naming the authoritative dataset (postcodes.io / Police.uk / EA / UKHSA / Coal Authority / EA Permitted Landfill / INNS+iRecord). The surveyor cites these directly in the appendix.
Per-property granularity?
Postcode-area for the long-term flood + radon + knotweed bands; live EA real-time monitoring station + warning at the property point; coal mining is per-point (Coal Authority DHRA point-in-polygon test). Contaminated land is per-LA register where supported (top 50 LAs, expanding).