The Local Land Charges Service
A Guide to Local Land Charges
When selling or buying property,
commercial/industrial premises or parcels of land, you need to know
you have had the most thorough search for your investment. The
Local Land Charges Office provides this vitally important
service.
The basic standard search is made up of the
Official Certificate of Search (Form LLC1) and Enquiries of Local
Authority (Form CON 29R).
There is also an Optional Enquiries of Local
Authority form (CON 29O).
Our average turn around time for all local searches is currently
2 working days.
LLC1 Form
(Official Certificate of Search)
The object of the search is to check the Local
Land Charge Register (Form LLC1) for any legal obligations
enforceable against the property and binding on successive
owners.
The Register is split into twelve parts as
follows:
·Parts 1 and 2 - Financial Charges
·Part 3 - Planning Charges
·Part 4 - Miscellaneous Charges
·Part 5 - Fenland Charges
·Part 6 - Land Compensation Charges
·Part 7 - New Town Charges
·Part 8 - Civil Aviation Charges
·Part 9 - Opencast Coal Charges
·Part 10 - Listed Buildings Charges
·Part 11 - Light Obstruction Notices
·Part 12 - Drainage Scheme Charges
The LLC1 form asks how many entries there are
in the Register
Con 29 Form
The Con 29 form is divided into two parts, the
"Required" enquiries (CON 29R) which relate to planning history,
building regulations, road schemes, proposed enforcement action
etc. The Optional Enquiries form (CON 29O) contains several
different questions relating to public footpaths, highways,
informal notices, common land etc. These optional enquiries each
incur an additional fee.
All information necessary to complete the CON
29 "Required" element of the local search, which includes unrefined
information i.e not held on statutory register or available by
public access, will be made available on submission of the CON 29R
form with payment in advance.
Local Land Charges Section will be the
"one stop shop" for any search applicant wishing to access all
unrefined data.
Bromsgrove District Council is fully
responsible for the full, authenticated and guaranteed information
supplied in response to forms LLC1 and CON29 "Required" or
"Optional" and will respond only to any follow-up enquiry arising
from an official search. Other search providers compiling their own
CON29 "Required" response have access to statutory registers and a
limited amount of unrefined data. Any follow-up queries arising
from search reports provided using these sources must be referred
back the the provider.
Information Required on Submitting a Local Search
All forms need to be supplied in duplicate
Correctly completed LLC1 and CON 29 Forms
Two copies of an OS plan clearly defining the
outline of the site to be searched
Two copies of any written enquiries
Correct fee - Cheques made payable to
Bromsgrove District Council
NLIS Searches (Online Searches or e-Conveyancing)
The National Land Information Service (NLIS)
provides the opportunity for Solicitors and Conveyancers to request
a search on-line. To adhere to e-government initiatives Bromsgrove
District Council can receive searches electronically thus reducing
costs for postage, time and man-hours.
We are able to offer an NLIS Level 3
service.
Read more about NLIS at www.nlis.org.uk
The Search Fees (from 1 April 2010)
| Search Type |
Fee |
| Official Certificate of Search(LLC1) only |
£22 |
| CON 29R Enquiries of Local Authority (2007) |
£73 Residential
£110 Commercial
|
| (Standard Search Fee LLC1 and CON 29R) |
£95 Residential
£132 Commercial
|
| CON 29O Optional enquiries of Local Authority (2007) |
£10 each (Questions 4,5,6,8,9,11,15)
£5 each (Questions 7,10,12,13,14,16-21)
£20 (Question 22)
|
|
Extra written enquiries
(Refer to Worcestershire County Council for
Highway enquiries)
|
£40 each |
| Each additional parcel of land (LLC1 and CON29R) |
£18 |
Personal Search Fees
| Search Type |
Fee |
| Standard fee |
£22
|
| Additional Parcels |
£1 each |
Individual Enquiries
From 6th April 2009 CON 29R enquiries may be
requested individually.
Costs of access to CON 29R enquiries from 1 April 2010
| |
PERSONAL REQUESTS |
COMPILED INFORMATION -RESIDENTIAL |
COMPILED INFORMATION - COMMERCIAL |
| 1.1 (a) to (e) Planning Decisions and Pending
Applications |
Free of Charge |
£10.00 |
£13.00 |
| 1.1 (f) to (h) Building Regulations Decisions |
Free of Charge |
£5.00 |
£5.00 |
| 1.2 Planning Designations and proposals |
Free of Charge |
£1.00 |
£2.00 |
| 2 (a) Publicly Maintained Highways |
Free of Charge |
£8.00 (a) to (d) |
£10.00 (a) to (d) |
| 2 (b) to (d) Adopted Highways |
Apply direct to Worcs. County Council |
|
|
| 3.1 Land required for Public Purposes |
Free of Charge |
£1.00 |
£2.00 |
| 3.2 Land to be acquired for Road Works |
Apply direct to County Council |
£2.00 |
£3.00 |
| 3.3 Drainage Agreements and Consents |
Apply direct to Severn Trent Water plc. |
Apply direct to Severn Trent Water plc. |
Apply direct to Severn Trent Water plc. |
| 3.4 Nearby Road Schemes |
Apply direct to County Council |
£4.50 |
£7.50 |
| 3.5 Nearby Railway Schemes |
Free of Charge |
£1.50 |
£2.50 |
| 3.6 Traffic Schemes |
Apply direct to County Council |
£6.00 |
£9.00 |
| 3.7 Outstanding Statutory Notices |
£7.50 (a-d & f)
(e) Apply direct to County Council
|
£9.00 |
£15.00 |
| 3.8 Contravention of Building Regulations |
£2.00 |
£2.00 |
£3.00 |
| 3.9 (a) to (d) Notices, Orders, Directions and
Proceedings under Planning Acts – enforcement, stop and breach of
condition notices |
Free of charge
|
£14.00 (a) to (n)
|
£24.50 (a) to (n) |
| 3.9 (e) to (n) Other Notices, Orders, Directions and
Proceedings under Planning Acts |
£10.00 (e) to (n) |
£14.00 (a) to (n)
|
£24.50 (a) to (n) |
| 3.10 Conservation Area |
(a) Free of Charge
(b) £1.00
|
£2.00 (a) & (b) |
£2.50 (a) & (b) |
| 3.11 Compulsory Purchase |
£2.00 |
£2.00 |
£3.00 |
| 3.12 Contaminated Land |
(a) & (b)(ii) Free of Charge
(b)(i) & (c) £2.00
|
£4.00 (a) to (c) |
£6.00 (a) to (c) |
| 3.13 Radon Gas |
Free of charge |
£1.00 |
£2.00 |
| Total |
£24.50 |
£73.00 |
£110.00 |
For a comprehensive breakdown of the access to
information fees please see here:
CON
29R Enquiry Costs
Please note that postal and electronic
search requests cost the same.
Contacts and Useful Information
By Post:
Local Land Charges
The Council House
Burcot Lane
Bromsgrove
Worcs B60 1AA
By DX
DX 17279 Bromsgrove
By Phone
01527 881420 (Direct Line)
By Fax
01527 881313
By Email
locallandcharges@bromsgrove.gov.uk
Useful links
Highway Search Enquiries at Worcestershire
County Council -
Highways Search Enquiries
NLIS Online Searches website: www.nlis.org.uk
Drainage searches - The drainage authority for
the Bromsgrove area is Severn Trent Water in Nottingham.
Forms LLC1, CON29R and CON29O are available
under licence from the Law Society in paper and electronic formats
via legal stationers such as Oyez Straker, Laser Form, Peapod,
Lexis Nexis and Shaw and Sons.
