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Conveyancing and environmental searches..

bkp
bkp Posts: 5 Forumite
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in House buying, renting & selling

Hello All

In the process of moving, conveyancing has commenced on our purchase. There is a long delay with receiving feedback from local authority searches (trying to understand why), but have received results of the environmental search. Overall the environmental search was a ‘pass’, however, a recommendation was made to investigate HS2 development plans nearby (as there is a planned HS2 route/track just over 500m away…), so an additional report was commissioned! 

I've heard from my solicitor a few times, but he's just forwarded this latest environmental/HS2 report as an FYI.

My question is, should my solicitor be advising how I interpret this environmental report and if I need to be concerned? I'm struggling to understand what it all means and wanted to know who I should be speaking to understand what it means!

Thanks   

 


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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Your solicitor isn't an environmental expert, so there are limits on what they can add. What in particular are you having trouble understanding? I wouldn't be too bothered about a railway line 500m away for starters. 
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