Local land charges search
Land and Premises
Frequently Asked Questions regarding Local land charges
- What's it all about?
- Official Local Land Charge Searches
- Water Searches
- Fees
- What about CON 29 Questions?
- How to request a search
- Our Commitment to you
What's it all about?
When you buy a house, your solicitor will make a search of the Council's records to ensure there are no hidden surprises, such as motorways at the bottom of your garden or outstanding Notices requiring you to take action to remedy an earlier wrong doing.
Official Local Land Charge Searches
The Local Land Charge Section carries out all official searches covered by the Local Land charges Act 1975, guaranteeing comprehensive replies to the official LLC1 and CON29 enquiries.
The Law Society, which regulates solicitors, encourages the use of official searches and considers that alternative personal searches of the statutory register, disclosing only limited information, should only be undertaken with the approval of the client when time does not permit official searches. You are advised to confirm with your solicitor that an official search has been undertaken and to inspect the Certificate of Official Search.
The search will be in two parts:-
LLC1 - this first part, the Official Certificate of Search Form , deals with all the registerable charges, for example financial charges (registered against the property by the local authority), improvement grants, tree preservation orders, conditional planning consents and agreements.
CON29 - the second part called Enquiries of Local Authorities Form deals with issues such as road schemes, the planning history of the property and various notices which affect the property.
Please note that searches must include the following when submitted to be accepted for processing:-
Cheques made payable to North Shropshire District Council.
The correct address quoted together with an up to date ordnance survey map scale 1:2500 in duplicate showing the extent and location of the land subject of search, clearly edged in red.
Water Searches
Our district is covered by three water companies please contact the local land charges section on 01939 238432 for advice.
Fees (As of 1st April, 2008)
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Official Certificate of Search (10 Working Days) |
£147.00 |
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Part II - Optional Enquiries Printed enquiry 22 |
£14.00 |
| No fee charged if cancelled within 24 hours of receipt, full fee thereafter. | |
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Expedited Search by Appointment Only (5 Working Days) |
£163.00
£153.00 |
|
Refresher Search |
£73.50 |
Statutory Fees
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Personal Serach of Register - by Appointment Only |
£11.00 |
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Official Certificate of Search (LLC1 form only) |
£6.00 |
Other Fees
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Photocopying charge per side: Search and copying documents and decisions per side |
£5.00 |
| Use of Facsimile Machine | .50 |
What about CON 29 questions?
The CON 29 enquiries questionnaire, which forms part of the official search, contains many 'Warning' questions, the answers to which you will not find on any of the statutory registers.
Examples of the information only to be found by submitting a CON 29 are given below:-
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
- Proposed Tree Preservation Orders
- Many informal notices under planning and highways laws not found on any register
- Road proposals or schemes (including road widening)
- Proposed enforcement action or breach of conditions notices
If you rely on a personal search from a solicitor or personal search company may we remind you that they are not given, or entitled to receive, answers to the questions on the CON 29, and any information they do obtain is not covered by Section 10(3) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 which relates to compensation for loss. The only way to receive this information is to submit the official LLC1 and CON 29 forms.
How to request a search
There are full instructions on the Local Land Charge Search forms. Your solicitor will have these forms or you can buy them from law stationers.
Both the LLC1 and CON29 forms should be submitted at the same time if answers to both are required.
Our Commitment to You
We aim to return all official searches 10 working days.
Related Links
NLIS (National Land and Information Service) and other internet channels are providing an online search service designed and operated as a partnership between Government and private enterprise to improve the conveyancing process. It allows people quicker and easier access to authoritative, accurate and comprehensive information on all land and property in England and Wales.
| email: | locallandcharges@northshropshiredc.gov.uk |
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| telephone: | 01939 238432 |
| fax: | 01939 238419 |
