Checks
A land due diligence checklist, run for you
Sixteen checks on any site in England and Wales, each opening with an AI insight cited to its source.
In short
LandBuyer AI runs a land due diligence checklist of sixteen checks on any site in England and Wales: ownership, constraints, easements, planning, S106, biodiversity net gain, access, utilities, geology, flood, ground conditions, the application checklist, affordable housing, market data, the neighbourhood profile and housing providers. Each check opens with a cited AI insight.
All checks
All sixteen land due diligence checks
Draw the red line and LandBuyer AI runs every check below on it. Each one opens with an AI insight on what decides viability, with its source and the date it was read. Each card shows what it found on Kew Yard, our sample site.
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Land ownership search and title register
Title register, proprietors, covenants and options
A covenant prohibits any dwellinghouse. One corporate proprietor.
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Planning constraints checker
Mapped designations and local land charges
Two mapped designations: the brownfield land register and registered local land charges.
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Restrictive covenants on property and land
Drainage, services and access rights over the land
A 4 metre drainage and services strip, reserved by a 2021 transfer.
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Planning history search
Applications, decisions and local policy nearby
Five applications within 800 m: four approved, none refused, one pending.
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Section 106 agreement (S106) search
Developer agreements and affordable homes secured
The authority has filed 11 developer agreements securing 424 affordable homes.
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Biodiversity net gain cost check
Ecological designations and mapped habitat
No overlap across seven mapped ecological designations.
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Site access plan and highway check
Frontage roads and public rights of way
Frontage road 8.1 m wide. No public right of way recorded at the boundary.
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Utilities search by address
Utility operators and nearby apparatus
Electricity, gas and water operators named for the site.
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Borehole records and coal mining check
Bedrock, boreholes, mining and landslides
A ventilation shaft 178 m from the boundary: ground investigation first.
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Flood zone map and surface water flood risk
Flood zones and surface water risk
Flood Zone 1, with high surface water risk in the search area.
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Contaminated land and radon check
Contamination, landfill, radon and aquifers
One historic landfill feature within the search radius.
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Planning application validation checklist
Local and national application requirements
16 local checklist items and 6 national documents for this authority.
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Affordable housing requirements by site
The affordable housing policy that applies
Affordable housing applies from 15 net homes under the adopted policy.
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House price data
Nearby residential schemes and sales evidence
23 residential schemes within 15 km: 16 approved, 7 undecided.
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Deprivation by postcode and census data
Household tenure, deprivation and population
594 neighbourhood households: 60% owned, 20% social rented, 20% private rented.
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Homes England grant funding and providers
Grant routes and housing providers
Grant delivery route identified for the affordable homes.
FAQ
Land due diligence checklist questions
Short answers to what land teams ask us before a demo.
What should a land due diligence checklist cover?
Title and ownership, planning history and policy, constraints and easements, ground and flood, access and utilities, ecology, affordable housing and the market. LandBuyer AI runs each of these as its own check against the red line.
Do all sixteen checks run on every site?
Yes. Draw or upload the red line and every check runs against it. A few records, such as title documents and full planning application records, use credits when you choose to open them.
What does each check show?
An AI insight on the factor that decides viability, the findings behind it with their sources and dates, and an Include in report tick that carries them into the report.
Is Kew Yard a real site?
Kew Yard is our sample site in Sefton. Its title register is fictional specimen data, written to show how LandBuyer AI reads a real one. The other findings come from the checks run on it.