Help! foundations over sewer

Foul and surface water, private drains and public sewers, land drains and soakaways, filter drains and any other ways of getting rid of water.
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nicholls123
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A few years ago I built a conservatory on the back of my property. Before I started I sent a letter to the local council asking if I needed planning permission to which they replied stateing that I did not. During the building of the foundations I discovered that I had to build over a small sewer pipe that takes the waste water from my property and possibly my neighbours. 6" diameter and 1m deep I think and sure to be a private sewer. I studied the forums on the internet and discoverd that I needed to bridge the pipe using lintels which I duely did and continued the build with no problems.
I am now in the early stages of moving house and after reading some nightmare stories I am paranoid that I have done wrong and should not have built. Will the water searches uncover the fact that I have pipework under my conservatory and prevent my sale. Am I right to be worried or will everything be fine. Thanks

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