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Should I be worried that my LPA have asked for a desktop
study?
| If you have already completed on the sale of
your property then yes, perhaps you might be a
little apprehensive,
the outcome of the desktop study may well have affect on the value of
the property you have purchased. If you haven't completed on the
purchase then STOP. Get the desktop study done, if the site has a
dubious past then it may be a bargaining chip to reduce the price. The outcome of the study is 80% of the time fairly easy to predict if you have a study on a; i) Petrol Station: Then the outcome of the study will almost certainly recommend further work, namely a Site Investigation. This might equally apply to disused factories, or workshops. ii) Back Garden: Quiet often due to their brown field status (which is due to change) gardens are recommended for a Desktop Study. These sometime come up with no dubious history, and as such no further work is needed. However, there are the in-betweenies: iii) Open plot within an Urban Setting: This type of scenario could go either way. Was it allotments or was is a foundry. Only a desktop study will reveal the sites past contamination issues. It is this instance (iii) when a Desktop Study is most useful. So in short you may a have a little worry, but land contamination can in 19/20 cases be adapted to, and if it does turn out that your land is contaminated, it doesn't mean you won't be able to build on it (unless its really bas) and solutions can be found. For a free initial consultation ring / email the office, and we can answer any question you may have. Environmental Consultants. |
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