Conveyancig solicitors in Stoke-on-Trent

For those looking for some variant of the conveyancing service in Stoke-on-Trent (or to give it its more familiar name, simply Stoke), you need look no further than our trusted and experienced team of conveyancing solicitors at Homeward Legal. So, whether you are looking to buy a sharehold in a semi-detached property in the moderately priced village of Lightwood, or you have a property to sell in the so-called “forgotten town” of Fenton, or you simply want to release some equity in your terraced property near the gardens in Trentham, we are waiting to help you through the process.

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When buying property in Stoke-on-Trent, specific local searches are important due to the area's extensive pottery and coal mining heritage, proximity to the River Trent, and the unique characteristics of the six towns. Our conveyancers conduct comprehensive investigations including:

Local authority searches

Stoke-on-Trent City Council handles planning applications, building regulations, conservation area controls, and development restrictions that might affect your property. These searches reveal planning permissions, building regulations compliance, and any restrictions affecting the historic pottery sites and former industrial areas.

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Environmental searches

Critical in Stoke-on-Trent due to its world-renowned pottery industry heritage and extensive coal mining history. The area was a major centre for pottery production from the 17th century and coal mining from the 13th century, with the North Staffordshire Coalfield covering almost 100 square miles within the city limits. Environmental risks include contamination from former pottery works, coal mining activities, steel furnaces, and industrial processes that operated for centuries. Clay extraction sites, former bottle kiln locations, and mining areas may require detailed assessment.

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Flood risk searches

Essential for Stoke-on-Trent properties due to proximity to the River Trent and local brooks. Properties near the River Trent between Norton Green and Darlaston, and areas around Joiners Square, the University, and Boothen are subject to flood alerts and warnings. The Fowlea Brook, a tributary running through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, has a history of flooding events in 1947, 1996, 1997, and 1998, with new flood defences protecting over 300 properties. Areas affected include Lyme Brook, Fowlea Brook, and Ford Green Brook during periods of heavy rainfall.

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Coal mining searches

Essential for properties in Stoke-on-Trent as the North Staffordshire Coalfield covers virtually the entire city area, with coal mining records dating back to the 13th century. When coal mining was nationalised in 1947, about 20,000 men worked in the industry in Stoke-on-Trent. These searches investigate potential subsidence risks, mine entries, and ground stability issues from the extensive historical mining activities that supported the pottery industry.

This section maintains the same structure as previous versions while incorporating Stoke-on-Trent's unique industrial heritage of pottery production, extensive coal mining history, and specific flood risks from the River Trent and its tributaries.

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Stoke City

For good reason, Stoke is known as the Potteries after its central involvement in the UK's pottery industry over the centuries, with its bottle-shaped kilns then seen across the city belching smoke, although sadly only a very few of these structures, now listed, remain. This is why, if you want to take in the vibrant multicultural community that Stoke offers, your conveyancing solicitor will be investigating the industrial impact on the area where your planned home is located for information on contaminated soil as well as verifying the local air quality.

Blurton

You might want to choose a home in the more rural areas around Stoke, such as Blurton, which has expanded from being rolling fields of farmland. Because of the governmental drive to build more houses, your conveyancing solicitor will verify what infrastructure and construction projects there are that might impact your enjoyment of a home in Blurton.

Hartshill

The older properties that Hartshill offers with its vistas of wooded and other natural areas, including a nature reserve. Because some of the buildings have listed status and others might be in conservation areas, the searches and investigations by your conveyancing solicitor will highlight any specific restrictions that might apply to the property you want to buy.

Did you know?

In the early sixties, Lightwood became famous after a resident was digging in his garden and found an earthenware pot. When he dug it up, he established that it contained almost 2,500 coins (mostly Roman and from the third century (CE), as well as some gold jewellery. The Lightwood Hoard can be viewed at the Potteries Museum.

Local author Arnold Bennett wrote prodigiously in the first part of the twentieth century with his Five Towns novels being some of the most famous for the area to be published. Having grown up in the Stoke area, Bennett wrote the Five Towns novels, basing them on five of the six towns that were brought together to form the Borough of Stoke-on-Trent: Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall - for an unknown reason, Bennett missed out Fenton, which is now referred to as “the forgotten town” or “the town that Arnold Bennett forgot”.

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