Severn Trent Searches 2017 conference was held at the Harvest Fields Centre on 14th November.
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CPD Event – November 2017
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The CON29DW explained – mains water connection
Our series looking at the information in the CON29DW moves onto those questions dealing with water supply.
So far in this series we’ve looked at the questions in the CON29DW that deal with drainage. But the search also deals with the water supply to properties, and there are six questions dealing with potential issues around this area.
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The Bake off – Macmillan Coffee Morning
It’s officially the world’s biggest coffee morning and this year we decided to do something a little different by hosting our own bake off competition. We were also very lucky to have the President of the Law Society Kathryn Meir and Under Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Deborah Hutchinson come in and judge the bake off.
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Ground Stability report from Future Climate Info now available
We’ve recently added Future Climate Info’s (FCI) ground stability report to our portfolio.
The British Geological Survey estimate that one in five UK homes are at risk of shrink/swell subsidence, meaning that checking ground stability at a property is essential with any purchase, particularly in former mining areas.
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The surface water sewer serving my property has been subject to a S104 sewer adoption agreement for several years. Can you explain the delay?
All section 104 agreements take a few years to see through to completion. However, in recent years, there’s been a situation where the foul sewers are adopted, but the surface water aren’t. This is because on some developments, the foul assets transferred into the public ownership as part of the 2011 sewer transfer, but the related surface water assets remained under a S104 agreement. This is usually the case where surface water discharges into a watercourse and not the public network, meaning they were not eligible for automatic transfer in 2011.
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