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Contamination, the environment and sustainability: Implications for chartered surveyors and their clients (ARCHIVE)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
The challenges presented by contaminated land and environmental issues, such as the flood risk caused by climate change, and the need to live in a more sustainable way mean that the demand for best advice has never been more important. Surveyors are uniquely placed to provide this advice to clients in all property sectors.
This guidance note aims to support and guide the professional activities both of those who are already highly proficient in this area and also those who are less experienced.
This publication was reviewed and a new standard was published in 2018: 'Environmental risk and global real estate'. -
Waste management – a guide to landfill (ARCHIVE)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
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Form and structure of mineral option and lease (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This guidance note is now out of date and held on isurv for information purposes only. It was aimed at professionals in the field of negotiations for rights to minerals and also touches on leases of void space. It is generally biased to those working for the landowner, however, it can also inform the tenant and its professional advisers. The guidance note serves to remind us of what the basic building blocks of a mineral lease comprise. It also reminds us that there is no such thing as a standard mineral lease. Hence each case should be considered on its individual merits. -
Mining Waste Directive 2006/21/EC (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This information paper was intended to explain the background to the MWD and give a broad overview of its implementation in England and Wales. It should not be relied upon as an interpretation of the law. -
Valuation of mineral-bearing land and waste management sites
Published April 2016
Effective from 1 July 2016
Reissued January 2023
The 2nd edition of this global professional standard (effective from 1 July 2016) replaces the 1st edition, which published in 2011. It identifies additional matters that valuers need to take into account when valuing natural resource wasting assets, such as mineral deposits, landfill and waste disposal sites.
This document was reissued in January 2023 as a professional standard. It had previously been published in April 2016 as a guidance note. No material changes have been made to the document. -
Rare earth metals (ARCHIVED)
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This information paper describes the importance and increasing scarcity of rare earth metals - little known but highly significant to renewable energy, lighting, transportation and urban development. Examined from a point of view highly relevant to RICS members and other property professionals operating within the UK, the paper also highlights potential issues arising from a global shortage.
The scale of the problem is explored in the context of the increased urbanisation of several global regions and the mounting pressure to extract these resources through mining, with considerable environmental implications. As chartered surveyors have a role in seeking out materials, products and technologies, developing and implementing strategies to minimise the loss of these materials and extending their life and recovery remains vital. -
Comparable evidence in property valuation (ARCHIVED)
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Covering most types of real estate asset, this information paper discusses the use of comparable evidence in property valuation and aims to outline the principles of comparable evidence use, encourage consistency in its application worldwide, address issues of availability and the use of comparable evidence under challenging market conditions and consider the potential sources of comparable evidence.
This information paper also discusses the use of comparable evidence in different circumstances and markets, whether volatile or inactive, as well as in developing markets, where comparable evidence is often more difficult to obtain and less familiar to valuers.
Although applicable to land and buildings used for commercial, industrial, residential, agricultural and associated purposes, this publication does not cover the use of comparable evidence in the valuation of plant and equipment. Business assets or personal property are also outside the scope of this information paper, however, many of the principles described may be relevant to these types of asset. -
Minerals and waste management property inspection checklists
Health and safety is a particularly important consideration when inspecting mineral-producing and waste management properties.
These checklists are provided as a sample only. It is the user's responsibility to check and adapt them as necessary to suit the particular instruction and prevailing circumstances. -
Water from abandoned mines (ARCHIVED)
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This information paper attempts to provide a brief insight into the occurrence and nature of mine water. It explores the possible effect of mine closures on mine-water regimes and considers the legal aspect of mine abandonment. -
RICS Valuation – Global Standards 2017 (ARCHIVED)
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The RICS Valuation – Global Standards 2017 took effect from 1 July 2017, the same date as the IVS 2017.
The accompanying Basis for Conclusions explains the rationale behind the more significant changes made in the final version of the Red Book 2017. Specifically, it addresses the main refinements made in consequence of the responses received to the public consultation. It has been produced purely to assist the reader and does not form part of the standards.
Following the publication of the new edition of IVS, an updated Red Book takes effect from 31 January 2020 in line with the IVS.