Local land charges search
The Local Land Charges section carries out all official searches covered by the Local Land Charges Act 1975 guaranteeing comprehensive replies to the official LLC1 (registerable charges, improvement grants, tree preservation orders etc.) and CON 29 (road schemes, planning history etc.) enquiries
What are Local Land Charges?
Local Land Charges are outstanding charges that local or central government can demand from successive owners or occupiers of property or land, or restrictions on the use of property or land. These include charges for services such as roads, or restrictions like Smoke Control or Tree Preservation Orders.
Details of any charges that are registered against land and property are listed in a Local Authority's Local Land Charges Register. The Register also details other important non-financial information, for example relating to planning decisions.
The Register contains twelve parts and is updated on a daily basis as and when new charges and amendments are notified to the Land Charges Department.
The twelve parts of the Register are:-
Part |
Title |
Examples of Charges that would be included
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Part I |
General Financial Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
Part II |
Specific Financial Charges |
Emergency Works Notices |
Part III |
Planning Charges |
Conditional Planning Decisions, Enforcement Notices, s.106 Agreements, Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas |
Part IV |
Miscellaneous Charges |
Smoke Control Orders, Erection of Building over a Sewer, s. 33 Agreements, Demolition Orders, Renovation Grants |
Part V |
Fenland Ways Maintenance Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
Part VI |
Land Compensation Charges |
Compensation Notices |
Part VII |
New Towns Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
Part VIII |
Civil Aviation Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
Part IX |
Opencast Coal Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
Part X |
Listed Building Charges |
Notices of Listed buildings, ancient monuments |
Part XI |
Light Obstruction Notices |
Light Obstructiuon Notices |
Part XII |
Drainage Scheme Charges |
None in this area at the present time |
The Local Land Charges Department
The Local Land Charges Department is responsible for maintaining the Local Land Charges Register and for dealing with applications for official searches of that Register received from members of the public either on their own behalf or through their Solicitors, conveyancers, personal search agencies or electronically through the National Land Information Service (NLIS)
What is a Local Land Charges Search?
It is important when buying or leasing a property to carry out a search of the Local Land Charges Register to discover whether any restrictions or charges such as those set out above affect the property and whether you will be taking on any responsibilities or financial charges when you purchase the property.
The Search
Form LLC1
This is an official request that you or your solicitor can submit to the Authority to obtain information listed in the Register about the property.
Personal Search
Details of Personal Search facilities can be viewed here
Full Search
This is the search we recommend for all property purchases and consists of a questionnaire CON29, as well as Form LLC1. CON29 contains standard questions in Part One and a section for additional enquiries in Part Two.
It is commonplace for the full search to be carried out by all prospective property purchasers as it offers the most comprehensive protection; this is the only search that highlights current significant local factors and proposed developments. The standard questions are sent to various council departments and provide additional information about the property that is not included on Public Registers, for example these questions may reveal proposals for Compulsory Purchase Orders, Traffic Schemes or Building Regulations.
The results of these searches may help you decide whether or not to go ahead with your purchase.
There is a separate charge for each additional question you ask on Part Two of questionnaire CON29.
Forms LLC1 and CON29 are available from Law Stationers and a plan in duplicate will need to be submitted with each search
Search Fees
The current fees for Local Land Charges searches (effective from 1st April 2007) are as follows:-
Type of Search |
Fee |
Basic search and enquiry (LLC Form £6.00 + CON 29 £134.00) |
£140.00 |
Each additional parcel of land (LLC Form £1.00 + CON 29 £11.20) |
£12.20 |
Each Part II Optional Enquiry |
£9.00 |
Personal Search |
£11.00 |
Supplementary Part II Enquiry (Solicitors’ own enquiry) |
£18.00 |
Please note we do not operate an expedited search service.
We aim to process all searches within 10 working days in accordance with Best Value Performance Indicator 179.
NLIS
The National Land Information Service is available to solicitors and conveyancers only and enables an online one-stop-shop for land and property related information held by many organisations, for example, Land Registry, Local Land Charges, and Water Companies
Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council is part of the Government initiative to automate the processing of Local Land Charges Searches. We are currently at level 2.
If you would like information on how to participate you should contact the following NLIS licensed providers
NLIS Searchflow
Telephone: 0870 7559940
Fax: 0870 9909949
Email: searchflow@searchflow.co.uk
TM NLIS Search - TM Property Services Ltd
Helpdesk Team
Telephone: 0870 7407833
Fax: 0870 7410426
Email: helpdesk@tmproperty.co.uk
Transaction Online McDonald Dettwiler (Channel ) Ltd
Customer Services & Support Line
Telephone: 0800 0854951
Email: support@transaction-online.co.uk
Related Links
Home Information Packs – ODPM Website
E-Conveyancing/land ownership queries – Land Registry Website
Personal searches – ODPM Website
Contact: Sharon Laidlaw, Local Land Charges Officer
Direct tel no: 01289 301718
Fax no: 01289 330540
e-mail: sel@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk
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