Free postcode-level climate risk pre-screening for property transactions. Check any UK postcode for flood, subsidence, heat and air quality risk from official Environment Agency, BGS, Defra and Met Office data sources. Designed for solicitors, licensed conveyancers and CILEx members handling residential and commercial property work, and referenced in Law Society guidance on climate-related disclosure.
No. LocalRisk provides postcode-level screening. Formal environmental searches (Argyll, Landmark, Future Climate Info etc.) provide property-specific reports and are still required for transactions. LocalRisk is a free pre-screening tool that helps you decide whether to recommend a more detailed search and answer client questions earlier in the matter.
Environment Agency NaFRA2 (England), NRW (Wales) and SEPA (Scotland) for flood. British Geological Survey shrink-swell data for subsidence. Defra UK-AIR for PM2.5 air quality. Met Office UKCP18 RCP8.5 50th percentile 2021-2040 for projected hot days. NCERM and NatureScot for coastal erosion. All are official UK government sources.
Heat, air quality and subsidence data covers all four UK nations. Flood data currently covers England, Wales and Scotland - DfI Rivers data for Northern Ireland is not yet integrated. Coastal erosion covers England, Wales and Scotland.
The Law Society's 2023 practice note 'Climate change and the legal sector' and its 2025 update on coastal erosion both identify climate-related risks as a developing area of conveyancer disclosure. Specifically, surface water flood risk and coastal erosion are highlighted as risks that buyers may reasonably expect their conveyancer to surface. LocalRisk is referenced as a free pre-screening source.
Most firms use LocalRisk early in the matter - at the point of taking instructions or when the buyer first sends the postcode - to flag whether a detailed environmental search is likely to be material. The result is a single page covering all six hazards which can be saved as PDF or shared by URL with the client. There is no sign-up, no log-in and no per-search fee.