Document downloads - Forests and woodlands
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Woodland site inspection checklist
The UK's 3.1 million hectares of woodland forests are made up of a wide range of woodland types, ages and sizes.
This checklist provides a list of factors to consider when valuing woodland. It considers pre-survey information, physical site details and crop details.
This checklist is provided as a sample only. It is the user's responsibility to check and adapt this as necessary to suit the particular instruction and prevailing circumstances. -
Valuation of trees for amenity and related non-timber uses (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This guidance note is designed to assist the valuer in dealing with some of the issues that arise when dealing with the presence of trees as part of a property or as separate entities. -
Valuation of woodlands and forests
Published March 2023
Effective from 1 June 2023
Valuation of woodlands and forests (2nd edition) empowers professionals undertaking valuations of these assets to consider the evolving array of complex factors that can impact their value. This professional standard outlines the bases of value that can be utilised depending on the purpose of the valuation. It also allows our professionals to maintain and enhance their specialist knowledge and ensure they are best placed to deliver on client demand to understand the value of woodland and forestry assets.
An updated version of this standard was published in May 2023. The updated version applies to Ireland with full endorsement from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI).
This professional standard is applicable to the UK and Ireland and is effective from 1 June 2023. -
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. -
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.