Awareness of local issues and concerns can mean the difference between a stress-free move, and a drawn-out and difficult process. Our Property Lawyers use their local knowledge and expertise to improve your home-moving experience.

We have assisted home movers throughout Southampton, including Conveyancing in SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO30, SO31, SO32, SO40, SO45.

Listed buildings and conservation areas in Southampton

These require building consent when carrying out renovations, as unauthorised work can lead to prosecution. Areas/properties that are protected include Bitterne Road West (Bitterne Manor House), Brookvale Road (The Dutch House) & Canute Road (Wight House).

Contaminated Land in Southampton

Often contaminated land is associated with industrial processes or activities that have now ceased, but where waste products or remaining residues present a hazard to the general environment. If the local council has identified land as being contaminated within the statutory definition, then that will be revealed by a local search.

It is not only newer homes that are at risk. For example, traces of mercury and other poisonous chemicals have been found in the topsoil of properties built during the 1960s, on land used during WWI for munitions manufacture. Contamination can occur as a result of:

• Manufacturing and refinement of metals or chemicals
• Deposit of household, commercial or industrial waste.
• Treatment of household, commercial or industrial waste by chemical or thermal means.
• Use of land as a scrap metal store.

Landfill sites in the local area:

• Hook Lane Landfill Site, Hook Lane, Warsash, SO31 9HG. The site has not been classified.
• Hook Lane Landfill Site, Hook Lane, Warsash, SO31 9HG. The site has not been classified.
• Rookery Farm Landfill Site, Rookery Farm, Botley Road, Hampshire, SO31 1BL. The site has not been classified.
• Brickyard Road, Land North Of Brickyard Road, Hampshire, SO32 2PJ. The site has not been classified.
• Esso Refinery Landfill, Windy Corner, Esso Refinery, Hampshire, SO45 1TX. The site has not been classified.
• Holbury 3 Landfill Site, Land/ Premises At, Limekiln Lane, Hampshire, SO45 2HF. The site has not been classified.
• Dale Farm, The Old Barn, Dale Farm, Applemore, SO45 5TJ. The site has not been classified.

The impact of Tree Preservation Orders

Homebuyers should be aware if a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is in place over a property they intend to purchase. The existence of any planning conditions, originally imposed on the developers of a Southampton property, will be revealed in a local search. Removing a Southampton tree planted under a planning order could lead to the council serving an enforcement notice on the property owner. If a seller knows that there is a TPO affecting his property it will save time to obtain a copy of the order when the property is put on the market.