What to Check Before Buying Next to Commercial Premises

Why this matters

This guide answers: What to Check Before Buying Next to Commercial Premises Treat it as a working note you can share with your conveyancer, lender, or surveyor so everyone checks the same facts.

England and Wales

Scotland and Northern Ireland use different rules; treat this as orientation for England and Wales unless a section says otherwise.

Practical checks

Write down questions for your solicitor in one email with links to any PDFs you already hold.

Scope

Property Passport UK helps you organise information; it does not replace regulated advisers.

Using Property Passport UK

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