Utility Search Reports
Utility reports for underground services
Understand what utilities may be present beneath your site before work begins.
Emapsite utility search reports identify the expected location of underground infrastructure, including gas, electricity, water, sewerage, telecommunications, fibre networks, transport assets and oil pipelines.
These reports help developers, planners and engineers assess site constraints early, reduce the risk of utility strikes and support safer project planning.
25% off for new customers
PAS 128 compliant multi-utility reports from £325 + VAT
Same-day delivery options available.
Available reports include:
- • Utility Essentials – key services for early-stage planning
- • Utility Premium – comprehensive multi-utility coverage for complex sites
Download a sample report below to see how the information is presented.
About Utility Search Reports
Underground utilities present one of the biggest risks during development and infrastructure works.
Across the UK, around one in every 65 excavations results in accidental damage to buried infrastructure. This leads to safety risks, service disruption and costs estimated at £2.4 billion per year.
Utility search reports help reduce this risk by identifying the likely presence and routing of underground assets before design or excavation begins.
Emapsite’s utility reports consolidate information from multiple utility providers into one structured report, helping project teams understand what infrastructure may affect a site.
Reports are typically used for:
- • Planning submissions and site feasibility studies
- • Development and infrastructure design
- • Early-stage utility risk assessment
- • Project due diligence before land acquisition
Reports are delivered as a downloadable PDF, with clear summaries, mapped utility assets and hyperlinks to supporting documentation. Digitised report options are also available.
Emapsite’s Utility Reports ensure compliance with recognised standards:
- • BSI PAS 128 – Utility Detection, Verification and Location (Survey Type D / QL-D)
- • Health and Safety Executive guidance (HSG47)
- • New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA 91)
- • Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM)
Ordering a utility report demonstrates due diligence when assessing underground risks during planning, design and construction.
What is PAS 128? This is standard developed by the British Standards Institution (BSI) for the detection, verification and mapping of underground utilities. Following PAS 128 helps organisations ensure that utility information used during planning and design meets recognised standards for accuracy, reliability and risk management.
Which Utility Search Report do I need?
Different projects require different levels of utility detail. Emapsite provides several report options depending on site complexity, project stage and delivery time requirements.
Download the sample reports below to understand the structure and level of detail included:
Utility Essentials
Utility Essentials is typically used for early-stage planning, feasibility assessments and smaller development sites. This utility search report details the five key services – gas, electricity, water, sewage and BT Openreach. Delivery 5 working days*
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Same Day Utility Essentials
The same core utility coverage as Utility Essentials, delivered the same working day if ordered before 12 noon*. Ideal when a report is needed quickly to support planning submissions or project timelines.
Download Sample Report: PDF
Utility Premium
A comprehensive utility search report for all categories. It includes: main and tertiary gas and electricity supplies, mains water and sewage, oil and fuel pipelines, telecoms and fibre-optics, and transportation networks. This report is often used for larger development sites, infrastructure projects or locations with complex utility networks. Delivery 10 working days*
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Utility Fast-Track
The same comprehensive coverage as Utility Premium, but delivered in 5 working days*. Useful when detailed utility intelligence is required but project deadlines are tight.
Download Sample: PDF
Utility Single
Single-network reports are available for electricity, gas, telecoms or water. These reports are suitable when only one utility network needs to be assessed, such as during utility diversion planning or targeted infrastructure works.
Utility Fast-Track
All the details from your requested utility report, provided as an overlay to OS MasterMap. A clear, concise and interactive digital drawing, supplied in CAD / DWG format, allowing project teams to integrate utility data directly into design and GIS workflows.
Download Sample: CAD/DWG
Utility Essentials
This report gives visibility of the 5 key services – Gas, Electric, Water, Sewage and BT Openreach.
Product DetailsThe Essentials report is collated and delivered in 5 working days* and is ideal for remote sites where only the main utility providers are likely to be present or projects where the aim is merely to check the availability of the main utilities (water/sewer, gas, electric and BT) e.g. in the planning stages of a new development.
*Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 5 working days
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Same Day Utility Essentials
All the information of our Utility Essentials, delivered on the day of order.
Product DetailsThe Same Day Essentials report provides utility company responses the same (working) day if ordered before 12pm, or within the first 24 hours if ordered after 12pm*.
The Essentials report is collated and delivered in 5 working days* and is ideal for remote sites where only the main utility providers are likely to be present or projects where the aim is merely to check the availability of the main utilities (water/sewer, gas, electric and BT) e.g. in the planning stages of a new development.
*Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- Same day/24 hours
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Utility Premium
Provides comprehensive information about all services affecting your site including Gas and Oil pipelines, mains Water and Sewage, Telecoms and fibre-optic cables.
Product DetailsProvides comprehensive information about the services affecting your site including main and tertiary gas and electricity supplies, mains water and sewage, oil and fuel pipelines, telecoms and fibre-optics, and transportation networks.
Information is gathered, collated and supplied as a single report within 10 working days*.
This report is ideal when comprehensive information is required for your site, ensuring you are managing your risk and avoiding expensive delays.
*Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 10 working days
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Utility Fast-Track
All the information of our Utility Premium report, delivered in 5 working days.
Product DetailsThe Utility Fast-track report delivers all the information of our Premium report (Gas, Electric, Water, Sewage, Telecoms/Fibre, Oil/Fuel and Transportation Networks) WITH all supplier responses collated in a report and delivered to you within 5 working days*
*Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- Draft in 5 working days
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Utility Singles - Electricity
Our Utility Singles reports enable you to request data for a single utility type.
Product DetailsElectricity information can be ordered as an individual search; providing a cost–effective method of obtaining relevant information if you only need to check the availability/position of a particular utility to plan a new development or make changes to an existing development.
The Utilities Singles report is delivered within 10 working days. Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 10 working days
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Utility Singles - Gas
Our Utility Singles reports enable you to request data for a single utility type.
Product DetailsGas information can be ordered as an individual search; providing a cost–effective method of obtaining relevant information if you only need to check the availability/position of a particular utility to plan a new development or make changes to an existing development.
The Utilities Singles report is delivered within 10 working days. Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 10 Working days
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Utility Singles - Telecoms
Our Utility Singles reports enable you to request data for a single utility type.
Product DetailsTelecoms information can be ordered as an individual search; providing a cost–effective method of obtaining relevant information if you only need to check the availability/position of a particular utility to plan a new development or make changes to an existing development.
The Utilities Singles report is delivered within 10 working days. Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Please note, a search of GTT (previously known as Vtesse Networks Ltd) is now included in this report.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 10 Working days
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Utility Singles - Water
Our Utilities Singles reports enable you to request data for a single utility type.
Product DetailsWater & Sewage information can be ordered as an individual search; providing a cost–effective method of obtaining relevant information if you only need to check the availability/position of a particular utility to plan a new development or make changes to an existing development.
The Utilities Singles report is delivered within 10 working days. Due to the extensive nature of some searches, the number of utilities searched, and the response timescales imposed by some utility suppliers, it can happen that not all responses are received within the relevant timeframe. When this does occur, your report will be delivered with all available content as requested, and a final report will be delivered as soon as the outstanding information has been received.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- Technics
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Formats Available
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- 10 Working days
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Utility Report Digitised
Your utilities data supplied as digitised CAD layers
Product DetailsDigitising Utilities data into CAD is one of those business-critical but time-consuming jobs that many could well do without, which is why you can opt for us to supply your utilities data as digitised CAD layers.
Data is collected from all relevant service providers and is digitised into CAD layers, supplied as a digital product to be used alongside your Utility Report PDF file. Prices will be quoted individually, but are competitive, and in many cases are cheaper than in-house CAD teams.
We have three different options for levels of detail/information for digitisation: Primary, Intermediated and Advanced. Please contact us for more information on what each includes.
Technical Details
- Supplier
- emapsite
- Update Cycle
- Coverage
- GB
- Scale
- Based on utility plans
- Formats Available
- CAD formats
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Stated Accuracy
- Licence Options
- Perpetual
- Delivery Timescale
- On request