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A big part of the conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. This section tells you all about them. What they are, how and when to order them and how to interpret the results. Each search has its own guide and you'll see they are separated into Standard (should be done in every case), Regional (area specific) and Optional (not essential but often useful tools for the would be purchaser). All buyers should beware that when you buy a property, the law assumes that you have seen the information that would have been revealed by searches whether or not you have actually carried them out, so you buy the property subject to the results.
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When acting in the purchase of a property it is important to ensure that the correct conveyancing searches are carried out. Different searches are required depending on the geographical location of the property therefore on this page I have made a list of counties and listed the searches which should be considered in each location :-
Bedfordshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Buckinghamshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Cheshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Cheshire brine
Cornwall
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Tin mining, China clay mining
Cumbria
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Gypsum mining
Derbyshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Lead mining
Devon
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Tin mining, China clay mining, Coal mining
Dorset
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Tin mining, China clay mining
Durham
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
East Sussex
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Gypsum mining
Essex
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Gloucestershire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Hampshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Hertfordshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Kent
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal Mining
Lancashire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Leicestershire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Gypsum mining
Lincolnshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Norfolk
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Northamptonshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Northumberland
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Nottinghamshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Gypsum mining
Oxfordshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Shropshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Somerset
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Tin mining
Staffordshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Suffolk
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Surrey
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Warwickshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental. Coal mining
West Midlands
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Limestone mining, Coal mining
Wiltshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental
Worcestershire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining
Yorkshire
Local authority, Drainage, Environmental, Coal mining, Gypsum mining