A notice to be given where completion has not occurred on the contractual completion date. The notice makes time of the essence and requires the completion of the contract in accordance with Condition 9 of the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Third Edition) or the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Third Edition - 2018 Revision) (SCPC). The notice is suitable for use with most commercial sale contracts that incorporate the SCPC.

For a notice to complete that is suitable for residential sale contracts incorporating the Standard Conditions of Sale (Fifth Edition) or the Standard Conditions of Sale (Fifth Edition - 2018 Revision), see Standard document, Residential sale contracts: Notice to complete.

Note: The SCPC (Third Edition) were revised in March 2018 to update the definition of clearing bank in SCPC 1.1.1(c). Practical Law Property's materials have been updated to refer to the SCPC (Third Edition - 2018 Revision) but the materials apply equally to the Third Edition (with the exception of SCPC 1.1.1(c)). For more information, see Practice note, SCPC 1: General (Standard Commercial Property Conditions, Third Edition – 2018 Revision): Clearing bank (SCPC 1.1.1(c)).