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What is a Personal Search?

 

Anyone can inspect the Local Land Charges Register upon payment of the prescribed fee of £22.00 per property. You may also inspect other public register held by the Council. Please note that due to the fire at Melon Borough Council, references to the council building in attached documents are no longer relevant, please use the Contact number given to find out more information on location of registers

 

To make an appointment please call 01664 502502 or email landcharges@melton.gov.uk  24 hours notice is required and will need the name of the person or company carrying out the search and the address of the property being searched against; a plan via fax is also required. Your appointment will be with an advisor in customer services who will have the documentation to enable you to make your search of the local land charges register and provide you with any other public registers you require.

 

Personal Search Request form, 

Personal Search Fees, 

 

 

INFORMATION NOTE

 

Melton Borough Council’s arrangements for accommodating a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register and access to Local Authority information to enable completion of Form Con29 Part 1 and 2 from 6 April 2009.

 

Any person may make a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register between the hours of 9.00am to 4.00pm Monday-Friday.  The Local Land Charges Department is currently situated at The Melton Mowbray Building Society, Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray.

 

1.  Information available -

            Local Land Charges Register

            Plotting Sheets

            Local Plan

            Public Registers

 

Where information does not form part of a statutory register, public document or record, enquiries in writing, on the form attached, may be submitted directly to the Local Land Charges Section, together with a plan and the required fee as per the copy of the fees attached.  A report will be issued at the time of your personal search appointment or posted direct.

 

2.  The Local Land Charges Register is held in paper format.

 

3.  At least 48 hours advanced notice for an appointment is required giving –

            the date and time of appointment

            name of the personal search company

            the address of the property/land to be searched

            a clear plan to be emailed

            form with requested enquiries to be emailed

 

4.  An appointment system is operated by this Authority on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.  Please contact the Local Land Charges Department on 01664 502502 or email landcharges@melton.gov.uk for an appointment.

 

5.  Payment is made at the time of the appointment and cheques should be made payable to Melton Borough Council.  See below for list of fees.

 

6.  Comments and suggestions can be made to the Local Land Charges Department at Melton Borough Council, Council Offices, Phoenix House, Melton Mowbray, Leics. LE13 0UL.  A formal complaint about the service can be made in writing to Customer Services, Melton Borough Council, Council Offices, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics. LE13 OUL.

 

7.  Leicestershire County Council is the Highway Authority for this area.

 

8.  Severn Trent Water Authority in mainly the Water Authority for this area.  Some areas are covered by Geodesy Limited.

 

 

9.  Fees:

              Personal Search of the Local Land Charges Register             Free of charge

              Office copy of an entry                                                            £1.50

              Copies of other documents                                                      £11.50

              See attached for fees for Con29 questions

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  It is the responsibility of the person carrying out the search to identify relevant information and make notes.  Local Authority staff can only offer factual clarification on matters.  There is a right to inspect the registers, however, there is no right to copy this information by the way or use of  cameras, mobile phones, digital pens or by the use of USB memory sticks) extracting copies in such a manner is not allowed, as you would be in breach of copyright under, The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Copies can be supplied for the above fee.  Please make a request at the Customer Services Desk and the Local Land Charges department will send you the information in the post as soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

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