Enquiries of Local Authorities and Water Companies: A Practical Guide - 6th Edition
- Publisher:
- Wildy Simmonds & Hill
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-29
- Authors:
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Keith Pugsley
Ken Miles - ISBN:
- 9780854901920
Description:
As an essential part of the conveyancing process, the purchaser of domestic, agricultural, commercial or industrial property or land carries out a search at the local authority offices to discover if there are any planning; environmental health; highways or water restrictions appertaining to the property to be purchased. This popular work gives a clear and concise commentary on the new Forms Con 29, Con29O and Con 29DW (Water and Drainage Enquiries). Now for the first time Form Con 29 has enquiries relating to surface water drainage schemes, heritage partnership agreements, flood and coastal erosion risk management, community infrastructure levy, assets of community value, flood consents and land drainage consents. The 6th edition of this book examines each enquiry in turn, and sets out the relevant and up-to-date legal position, with sources and references, in non-technical jargon. The authors then provide a summary of the implications of any reply by the local authority or water company concerned, positive or negative, so that a prospective purchaser can make a balanced decision as to whether or not to proceed with the purchase. For this edition, occasioned by the Law Society’s issue of the new Forms Con 29 on 4 July 2016, Keith is joined by Ken Miles, Head of Legal Services for North Devon District Council. Ken provides a modern and practical perspective on the wide-ranging implications of the legal provisions which cover a great deal of the business of local government services today. Enquiries of Local Authorities and Water Companies will be an invaluable reference to the conveyancing practitioner and the local land charges officer.
Preliminary Sections
Part I. The standard enquiries (CON 29)
Part II. Optional enquiries
- Optional Enquiry 4: Road Proposals by Private Bodies
- Optional Enquiry 5: Advertisements
- Optional Enquiry 6: Completion Notices
- Optional Enquiry 7: Parks and Countryside
- Optional Enquiry 8: Pipelines
- Optional Enquiry 9: Houses in Multiple Occupation
- Optional Enquiry 10: Noise Abatement
- Optional Enquiry 11: Urban Development Areas
- Optional Enquiry 12: Enterprise Zones, Local Development Orders and Business Improvement Districts
- Optional Enquiry 13: Inner Urban Improvement Areas
- Optional Enquiry 14: Simplified Planning Zones
- Optional Enquiry 15: Land Maintenance Notices
- Optional Enquiry 16: Mineral Consultation and Safeguarding Areas
- Optional Enquiry 17: Hazardous Substance Consents
- Optional Enquiry 18: Environmental and Pollution Notices
- Optional Enquiry 19: Food Safety Notices
- Optional Enquiry 20: Hedgerow Notices
- Optional Enquiry 21: Flood Defence and Land Drainage Consents
- Optional Enquiry 22: Common Land and Town or Village Green
Part III. Drainage and water enquiries