Since the National Trading Standards material information rules, flood and coastal erosion risk sit in Part C — things an agent is expected to establish and publish on a listing, not leave to the search pack.
In practice that usually means the free Environment Agency map, which covers one hazard and present day only, or a paid search that arrives weeks after the property went live.
Climate Check sits at the front of that process. A postcode in, a one-page report out, at the point of instruction rather than the point of exchange.
Flooding from rivers and the sea
Environment Agency national flood risk data — accounts for defences, present day and future
Surface water flooding
Modelled at 2 m resolution, so neighbouring properties get different answers where they deserve them
Coastal erosion
Projected shoreline retreat, weighted by distance from the coast
Extreme heat
Climate projections adjusted for local ground surface — a house beside greenspace scores differently from one surrounded by tarmac
In development — Cornwall first
Building coverage county by county, starting with Cornwall. If you're an agent, surveyor or property manager and this sounds useful, I'd genuinely like fifteen minutes of your time — what you'd want it to say matters more at this stage than anything else.
matthew@climatecheck.co.uk
Climate Check produces indicative screening assessments based on national datasets. Reports are not a formal environmental search, a site-specific flood risk assessment, or a survey, and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for a property transaction or insurance decision.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Climate projections from CHESS-SCAPE, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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