Searches timescale - am I reading this right?

stressedout45

There has recently been a slight hiccup in our chain whereby the bottom of chain (our buyer’s buyers) pulled out at the end of last month but fortunately they found new ones within a few days.  

We have recently been updated on the progress at the bottom of chain and have been told that searches have just been requested. 

I’ve had a look on the council website for the area that they are buying in.  It says “our dispatch times are within 10 working days of receipt of the search”.  (although admittedly I don’t know when this information on the website was most recently updated!)

Am I reading this right -  in that it doesn’t stipulate exactly how long the searches themselves are taking - what they are saying here is that when the searches are complete, it will be a maximum of 10 working days before the solicitor / conveyancer who requested them will receive them back?  

Irishpearce26

That would be just the local authority searches, there is also the environmental and water and drainage to factor in with differing timescales. If the solicitor is using a third party company to compiled the searches then that has additional time added. However my search pack was back to my solicitor within 12 days and they used a third party.