A street is its people and its rules: who lives there, what has been decided about what may change, and what is planned next door. It is the part of due diligence most often left to chance.
Recorded crime
The kind of crime on a street matters more than the headline number.
- What we do
- We look at the crime recorded close to the address over recent months, by type, and whether it is rising or falling.
- Worth knowing
- Recorded crime, not all crime, and it does not say how safe a street feels.
Neighbourhood make-up
The balance of owners and renters shapes how settled a street feels, and how much comings and goings you will hear.
- What we do
- We report the mix of owner-occupied and rented homes in the area.
Area deprivation
It is honest context for a decision: how the area ranks for income, employment, health and services.
- What we do
- We give the official deprivation ranking for the area the address sits in.
MP, council & the 2016 vote
Who represents the area, and how it voted, tells you something about the place you are joining.
- What we do
- We name the current MP and councillors, and show how the area voted in the 2016 referendum.
- Worth knowing
- Current representation and a past vote, not a prediction of how the area votes now.
Listed & conservation
A listed building or a conservation area limits what you may change, sometimes down to the colour of a front door.
- What we do
- We tell you whether the property is listed, or sits inside a conservation area.
- Worth knowing
- Planning context, not legal advice about what you may do.
Article 4
An Article 4 direction can remove rights that normally let you extend or convert without asking.
- What we do
- We check the address against published Article 4 directions.
- Worth knowing
- Only some councils publish this data, so no match means no published record, not that none exists.
Planning applications
What is being built next door is as important as what is there now.
- What we do
- We list recent planning applications close to the address.
- Worth knowing
- Councils differ in how current their registers are. This is not exhaustive.
National infrastructure
A new railway, road or power line can reshape a neighbourhood and its value for a decade.
- What we do
- We check whether any nationally significant project is proposed near the address.
- Worth knowing
- The biggest consented schemes only. Ordinary local planning is a separate check.
Rules and neighbours change. We show the record as it stands on the date we ran it.
