Pumping stations are shown as triangles on sewer plans and, as with sewers, different colours indicate their status. The colours are a follows: Continue reading “Why are some of the pumping stations on the sewer plans different colours?”
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My CON29DW has indicated that there is a public pumping station within the boundary of my property (Q2.4.1). What are the implications of this?
Pumping stations pump sewage to the nearest suitable gravity sewer or treatment works. From 1st October 2016 many formerly private pumping stations became the responsibility of water companies. To be eligible for transfer, they had to be operational prior to July 2011 and either serve multiple properties, or be located outside of the boundary of the single property they serve.
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When will sewers which transferred over to Severn Trent Water’s responsibility in 2011 be plotted on sewer plans?
In October 2011, over 37,000 km of private sewers transferred into the ownership of Severn Trent Water. Unfortunately, they were unable to plot the majority of transferred sewers onto their plans at that time, as no reliable records for most of these sewers existed. Continue reading “When will sewers which transferred over to Severn Trent Water’s responsibility in 2011 be plotted on sewer plans?”
The CON29DW questions explained – pumping stations
Our series on the questions in the CON29DW looks at pumping stations – the subject of two recent additions to the search
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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Important changes to local authority searches from 1st April 2017
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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