Questions 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 were only added to the CON29DW in late 2016. The former asks whether any public pumping stations (or ancillary apparatus) are located within the boundary of the property. The latter asks whether any pumping stations are located within 50 metres.
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The government is to introduce VAT on the CON29 element of local authority searches during 2017. The cutoff date they have given to local authorities to make this change is Friday 31st March.
Whilst a number of authorities have been charging for VAT since January, the majority will be introducing it from the beginning of April. We will be amending our prices accordingly from that date.
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From April 2017, all non-household customers in England will be able to choose their supplier of water and sewerage retail services. This is a result of a change in the law under the Water Act 2014, designed to introduce competition into the water industry.
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The Coal Authority have announced new prices for their range of mining searches from 1st April.
We will be changing our prices accordingly, and these can be found in the table below:
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Question 2.4 of the CON29DW asks “Does the public sewer map indicate any public sewer, disposal main or lateral drain within the boundaries of the property?” This seemingly innocuous question is in fact one of the main areas of concern in the search, and results in more queries to ourselves from customers than any other question.
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