What's it all about?

When you are buying a house the purpose of a local land charges search is to check if there are any matters affecting the property. A standard local land charges search is made up of two parts:-LLC1 - Official Certificate of Search.

This deals with all registerable charges that are binding on the property searched against. Some examples are:-Conservation area Listed buildings Tree preservation order Planning consents since 1 August 1977 with conditions Financial charges (registered against a property by a local authority)

The list of matters that may be registered is extensive and this gives just a few of the main registrations.  Con 29R and O - Enquiries of Local Authority Forms. This is a series of standard and optional enquiries that provide a purchaser with further information on the property they are purchasing, the answers to which are not available on any of the statutory registers. Some examples of the information only to be found by submitting a CON 29 are:-Compulsory purchase orders Road proposals and schemes Informal notices under highway, planning and environmental. 

A local land charges search is carried out only on the address of the property given and highlighted on the plan submitted with the application. It does not cover adjacent or adjoining properties or areas.