David Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. Services
David
Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. offer a full range of property related coal mining
search and surveying Services to individual members of the public, solicitors,
engineers and conveyancing professionals. Details of our Services are listed
below:-
Please go to the CoalSearchPlus+ web
site, just follow the link, if you wish to order standard residential or
commercial property coal mining search reports. We offer monthly account
facilities to users ordering over 25 coal mining search reports per month.
Volume related discounts are also available for bulk users. Contact David
Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. to discuss these options.
All David Bellis reports and Services are backed by £2million
of professional indemnity insurance cover. All David Bellis reports and Services
are provided according to our general Terms and Conditions, available on
request. By placing an order with David Bellis Consulting Surveyors you accept
the terms and conditions.
1. Independent Residential
Property Coal Mining Search Reports – standard fee £22.61 plus
vat
If you are buying a property or area of land within a part of the country
that is affected by past, present or future coal mining you should obtain
a coal mining search report. Your solicitor or conveyancer should advise
when a coal mining search report is necessary. This search should be made
available before the exchange of contracts or any binding obligation is entered
into.
A residential coal mining search report will answer questions necessary
for a property conveyance to proceede. The Law Society requires these questions
to be answered for transactions involving residential property in coal mining
affected areas. A residential property coalmining search report should be
purchased for single unit residential property, either existing or currently
being built, i.e. having already been the subject in full or in part of a
previous development site search. Examples of property for which a residential
coal mining search is applicable are a house, flat or bungalow (including
any associated garage or parking space), a single plot on a multi-plot development
site, a farmhouse or similar converted property (but excluding any associated
outbuildings and/or land). A residential property coal mining search report
will assume that no development will take place unless the order/request
states otherwise.
Detail of the information provided in a CoalSearchPlus+ residential coal
mining search report are given below:-
- Information concerning past and current coal mining including the number
of seams worked within an area surrounding the property that could affect
the stability of the property. Coal seams affecting a property are those
within the likely area of influence of the property and are deemed to be
those within a distance 0.7 times the depth of the workings from the property,
taking onto account the inclination of the seams. The depth of the workings,
the cross sectional area of the workings and whether the workings are adjacent
to (beside but not underneath) or subjacent to (directly below) a property
is also given
- The likelihood of any future workings is stated. It should always be
remembered that where coal exists it could be worked at some future date
however CoalSearchPlus+ will give an indication of how likely it is that
future workings will be undertaken.
- The geology of the ground upon which the property is situated will be
investigated and stated.
If the property is situated within 200m of a currently working open cast
coal mining site the report will state this.
- If the property is situated directly upon a previously worked opencast
coal mining site this will also be stated although it is highly likely
that such a site may now be fully landscaped and remediated.
- If the property is situated within 800m of a proposed open cast coal mining
site the report will state this.
- The existence of any coal mining waste tips or associated lagoons in the
vicinity of the property will be stated.
- If a coal mining mine shaft or adit is located within 20m of the boundary
of a property and its associated land this will be stated on the report.
Additionally a plan will be enclosed showing the location of the mine entry
in relation to the property.
- Comment will be made on the likely existence of ancient unrecorded workings
and whether these are likely to cause future land instability.
- Comment will be made regarding any notices that have been issued relating
to withdrawl of support (i.e. mining that will take place in the future
below the property).
- Any past coal related subsidence claims related to the property will be
stated.
- A conclusion will be given including an opinion on the level of risk coal
mining poses to the property.
2. Independent Commercial Property
Coal Mining Search Reports – standard fee £50 plus vat
Commercial property coal mining search reports include all of the elements
provided within the residential coal mining search report plus other information
necessary to answer additional questions relevant to commercial property
transactions. The Law Society requires these questions to be answered for
transactions involving commercial property in coal mining affected areas.
Commercial property coal mining search reports should be purchased for non-domestic
properties or properties where development is intended. Examples of situations
where commercial property coal mining search reports are applicable are non-residential,
commercial or development sites including multiple residential property requests
(such as a pair of semi-detached houses or row of terraced houses), vacant
land, public houses, shops, businesses, commercial property, industrial estates,
rural estates, pipelines, roads and similar linear structures up to 500m
in extent, any sized development site from a single plot up to 25 hectares
in extent, farmhouses and associated outbuildings and land. For areas of
land above 25 hectares additional fees will be applicable, please contact
CoalSearchPlus+ for details. It will be assumed that development will take
place in all commercial coal mining search reports.
Detail of the information, additional to that provided in the residential
coal mining report, provided in a CoalSearchPlus+ commercial coal mining
report is given below:-
- Details of any withdrawl of support
- Working facilities orders
- Payments to owners of former copyhold land
3.Independent Ground Stability
Reports
David Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. can provide a ground
stability report. A ground stability report will assess the geology underlying
a property or area of land and assess the risk to the stability of the property
or land from the structure of the ground surrounding and beneath it.
4. Coal Mining Technical Reports
and Desk Studies
The David Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. team of geologists
and surveyors can carry out extensive desk based technical reports in relation
to a property or area of land. Such desk studies report detailed information
related to the underlying geology and any coal mining that may affect the
specified property. The exact nature of any study will depend on client requirements
and the intended future use of the property or land.
If development of a property or area of land is intended David Bellis Consulting
Surveyors Ltd. would recommend that a detailed study is always carried out
if the property is situated in a coal affected area.
If you require this Services please contact us for details.
5. Subsidence Claims Handling
Services
Where a property has been affected by subsidence David
Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. can assist in the following ways: -
- Monitoring of ongoing subsidence related damage
- Assessment of the extent of damage
- Expert recommendation on the remedial action necessary
to rectify any damage that has occurred
- Assistance in obtaining compensation where the subsidence
is related to mineral extraction, including coal mining related subsidence
All subsidence problems are different and demand individual
attention therefore if you require further information please contact us
and you will be able to discuss your requirements directly with a member
of our team of geologists and surveyors.
6. Property Surveying
David Bellis Consulting Surveyors Ltd. can provide a full property
surveying Services. Please contact us in order to discuss your requirements