This document was reissued in April 2023 as a professional standard. It had previously been published in January 2022 as a guidance note. The regulatory requirements remain the same and no material changes have been made to the document

This professional standard has global application to both commercial and residential property, and is an essential addition to the suite of documents produced by RICS in relation to building surveying and health and safety. It sets out the general principles that should be adopted when undertaking a planned preventative maintenance (PPM) survey and report for built assets, and provides RICS members, regulated firms and their clients with a source of best practice. Its focus is on PPM reports for built assets (the type a building surveyor would undertake), rather than the type of planned maintenance reports for MEPF asset/component replacement an MEPF engineer or facilities manager might undertake.

Effective from 1 April 2022