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user1977

Possibly they mean something else. Difficult for any of us to say without seeing the search report - might be easier if your friend posted here himself?

How old is the building? If very old, I'd expect any settlement to have already happened. If pretty modern, they'll have looked at the ground stability in some detail when designing the foundations.

GDB2222

Why not query this with the author of the report ?  

lincroft1710

AskAsk said:

user1977 said:

Possibly they mean something else. Difficult for any of us to say without seeing the search report - might be easier if your friend posted here himself?

How old is the building? If very old, I'd expect any settlement to have already happened. If pretty modern, they'll have looked at the ground stability in some detail when designing the foundations.

the survey states 'na' for approximate year of build so we don't know how old the building is but it is a block of flats that isn't a new build but no idea when it was built.

Can you post a photo of the block? I may be able to give you a rough idea of its age

user1977

Looks 1950s/60s to me.

clive0510

IF They talking about the graves as infilled land, then I wouldn't worry. If you dig a six ft deep hole and don't fill it in, then yes the land could be become unstable. but as all the graves have been filled in,(hopefully!), I suspect many years ago, the ground will of had ample time to find its own level and settle down.

user1977

AskAsk said:

user1977 said:

Looks 1950s/60s to me.

so how does this help me with the ground instability??

I don't think your friend needs help with it, if the survey's fine. Nobody used to get these desktop reports, and the information is so vague all it seems to do is cause unnecessary alarm.

AskAsk

clive0510 said:

IF They talking about the graves as infilled land, then I wouldn't worry. If you dig a six ft deep hole and don't fill it in, then yes the land could be become unstable. but as all the graves have been filled in,(hopefully!), I suspect many years ago, the ground will of had ample time to find its own level and settle down.

i can only think that a church and its grounds built in the 12th century being classed as infilled land must be referring to graves as i can't believe anybody would be digging anything in a church unless they were digging tunnels for the priests to hide and move about secretly!

i am not overly concerned as the survey did not identify any cracks or subsidence but i am just curious as how church land can be classed as infilled land and whether a cemetary is considered unstable land even if your property only borders the cemetery and not built on top of it.

zagubov

I'm surrounded by three churches and before lockdown it used to be bad for parking from Saturday evening ill Sunday, plus very noisy with singing and church bells,

Totally at ease with this as I expected it to be like that.

Not sure when it'll fully return to that state, as a lot of church activity is still currently online and virtual now.

lincroft1710

I'm thinking it could even be 1930s, windows obviously much more recent. But as the brickwork has been rendered, very difficult to tell. I am not an expert, but would doubt that the graves would cause ground instability. It may be worth checking with the local Archivist who may have some historical information about the church.

eddddy

I recognise that building - I was in that area looking at property a while ago (but not that building).

That building looked like thick external insulation had been added recently - which is why it's hard to date by looking at it.

But that implies it has solid walls - which suggests it's 1930s or earlier. 

There's a large underground and overground council car park behind the building. Google maps suggests the underground section is only 20 to 25 meters from the edge of the building. That's probably the reference to infilled land.