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Local Searches

A local authority search is a check with the local authorities to establish if any new developments are planned in the vicinity of the property you are buying and to check the water drainage systems and other social infrastructure. This can highlight any public works such as a new motorway waterworks or alterations to road systems as well as anything else that has had permission to take place immediately adjacent to the property. The local search will also tell you whether there are any planning restrictions that may affect your intentions to renovate or extend the property.

Lenders will insist on a Local Search being carried out as the information contained within it could affect the value of the property.