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Delay to local land charge responses until the end of March 2025

It might take longer for us to get back to you about your local land charges because we've had far more requests than usual. We expect to go back to normal wait times at the end of March.

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Local land charges

Local land charges give you important details about the property you are buying. They are usually requested by your solicitor.

Local land charges are rules about the land your property is on that you and any future owners must follow.

Searches

Full searches for local land charges can tell you about what you can or can't do on the land that may affect plans for your property.

  • Local Land Charge Search (LLC1) register lists all the land charges on the property.
  • Con29R search will also tell you extra information about upcoming decisions, planning applications that have been turned down or service charges that are applied to the property.

For example, a local land charge search could show that a loft extension built three years ago doesn't have planning permission and may have to be put back to its original state, or that you must pay a charge to the council if you own the property.

How to search for them

Usually solicitors apply to us and we try to find out whether there are any legal restrictions which may affect the property. We bring all the information together in a local authority search, a legal requirement when buying any land or property.