Mining Searches
Nationwide Personal Search undertakes mining report to determine whether a property has been subject to any mining related issues in the past, including :-
The mining search includes information about any past, current or proposed surface and underground mining activity to affect a particular property or site. It also includes further property specific information about the existence of old workings, shafts and other entrances to mines, mining related ground fractures, subsidence damage claims, mine gas emissions and emergency call-out surface hazard incidents.
- Coal Mining Search
- Tin and China Clay Search
- Cheshire Brine Search
The mining search includes information about any past, current or proposed surface and underground mining activity to affect a particular property or site. It also includes further property specific information about the existence of old workings, shafts and other entrances to mines, mining related ground fractures, subsidence damage claims, mine gas emissions and emergency call-out surface hazard incidents.
Tin and China Clay Searches
Tin and China Clay Mining has historically been concentrated in and around Cornwall, Dorset and Devon. Over the years this has steadily declined and the main areas that have continued China Clay mining are around St. Austell and Dartmoor. Nationwide Personal Searches recommends any prospective purchaser buying a property in these areas carry out a Tin and China Clay search to determine whether the property is likely to be subsidence risk by previous, present and future mine workings. The report includes details on:- - Previous mining related subsidence damage notice or claim
- Past mining
- Current mining
- Licences for future and / or proposed mining
- Shaft and Adits or other entries to underground mine workings
- Surface geology to identify any faults or lines of weakness that might cause subsidence
