Property Enquiry Certificates
Property Enquiry Certificates
Our Property Enquiry Certificates (PECs) provide you with the answers that satisfy the UK Finance handbook requirements, such as whether the proper consents are in place for any building work carried out, if the property is located within a conservation area or affected by planning policies or proposals, or whether it’s subject to any statutory orders or notices.
PECs can be ordered in our convenient Multisearch Bundles service, saving you time, effort and money.
Product Details
- Planning status, including information on current and historic planning applications validated within the last five years typically, and whether the property is a listed building or located within a conservation area or other designated area (time periods may vary according to local specific authority)
- Building standards, including whether consent has been granted for any modifications to the property or building warrants have been applied for, validated within the last five years typically (time periods may vary according to local specific authority)
- Roads, including whether any carriageways and footways next to the property have been adopted by the local council
- Statutory notices served under housing and environmental protection legislation
- Environmental health, such as whether the property is in a smoke control area.
Product Benefits
- We use a database of Local Authority derived data combined with real time searching to ensure the content of our PECs are current and accurate
- All 32 Local Authority areas across Scotland covered
- Summarised to provide a clear picture of key information, with annexes of relevant detail if necessary
- Continuations available to update the currency of the data if required.
Property Enquiry Certificates FAQs
Yes, we’ll advise if the property is ex adverso a water or sewage pipe or provide the distance from the closest pipe(s) if not.
Yes, PECs come with M&B’s professional indemnity cover of up to £10m for both you and your client
Related reports and services
Title Insurance (DUAL)
Executor and Inheritance Protection
Site Assembly Solution
Register Community Interests in Land
Portfolio services
Plans Reports
Legal Reports
Land Referencing
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ADDRESS
Millar & Bryce
First Floor, East Wing,
Lochside House,
3 Lochside Way,
Edinburgh,
EH12 9DT