Subsidence, settlement and heave
The mining report mentions withdrawal of support and the home survey found no crack. Do the two documents cancel each other?
The two documents do not cancel each other. Withdrawal of support in the mining report is mining and legal wording. The home survey found no crack on the day, which is a note about the fabric it could see. GOV.UK's mining check and a coal mining report are separate products from the inspection of the house. No crack today does not erase the support wording, and that wording does not invent a crack. A coal-mining subsidence claim is not something the surveyor opens by default.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
Withdrawal of support is about rights connected with mining, not a measurement of a wall. A house can stand without a visible crack and still sit in an area the mining report has flagged. Equally, a crack-free inspection does not rewrite the mining paper, and the mining paper does not describe plaster, lintels or floors. The surveyor looked at the building. The mining report speaks to mining information. Reading one as a correction of the other mixes two jobs.
Keep both documents with the solicitor and do not ask either author to delete the other. A lender may want the mining report and the home survey side by side. If you need the support wording explained, that is a question on the mining product, not a new sentence for the crack note. The surveyor does not lodge a subsidence claim because those words appear. Ask the solicitor how the mining result should be reported to the lender.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Does a day with no crack erase withdrawal-of-support wording?
- Is the coal mining report the same product as the home survey?
- Has the surveyor opened a coal-mining subsidence claim from that wording?
What are the typical next steps?
- Keep the mining report and the home survey as separate papers.
- Ask the solicitor how the lender should see both results.
- Do not treat a crack-free visit as a rewrite of the mining wording.
Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.
Also asked about this
Does no crack mean the mining report was mistaken?
No. The mining report is not a crack log, and the home survey is not a mining search. Absence of a crack is what the building showed on the day. It does not score the mining wording as wrong. The surveyor has not reissued the mining report. Leave that product to stand on its own terms with the solicitor.
Will the surveyor measure a search radius around the house?
No. The home survey does not invent a search distance or a fee for mining information. GOV.UK's mining check and a coal mining report are separate products. This visit looked at the house and found no crack. It did not redraw the mining search and it did not price one.