Why Mining Legacy Still Catches Developers Out in 2026

I'm based in County Durham, so mining legacy comes up a lot. Most of the deep pits closed decades ago, and the ground they left behind usually looks like any other field, playing field or housing estate. You'd never know it was there. It's one of the best-recorded ground risks we have, and it still

By |2026-10-06T17:07:33+00:00October 6th, 2026|Design, Geoscience, Geoscreen, News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why Mining Legacy Still Catches Developers Out in 2026
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12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show

Ground risk is one of the most underestimated challenges in property development. When we first wrote about this back in June, GeoScreen screened for nine geohazards, across England only. Since then the platform has grown: two further geohazards have been added — surface water flood risk and aggressive ground conditions — a separate Source Protection

By |2026-09-22T16:45:41+00:00June 14th, 2026|Geoscience, News|Comments Off on 12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show
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