Official local land charges search

The Local Land Charges Register will be migrated to HM Land Registry on 24 April 2026. You will be able to access a new digital service through your Portal account, Business Gateway and on the HM Land Registry pages.

We will not accept searches of the Local Land Charges Register (LLC1 or Visual Inspection) submitted after Friday 17 April in order to ensure we are able to respond to all searches prior to the migration to the HMLR service.

We will continue to provide replies to CON29 enquiries, please apply for these searches using your usual channels.

Official local land charges searches are carried out and certified by the council on behalf of a person buying land or property.

A search takes 2 to 3 working days to process. Please let us know if your search is urgent.

Requesting official local land charges search

Searches can be requested in the following ways:

Online request

You can apply online for an official local land charges search.
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Submission of plans in duplicate should not normally be necessary, if we require a plan we will contact you.

A list of fees can be found on our search fees page.

National Land Information Service (NLIS)

NLIS connects you directly to land and property information held by local authorities, central government and other organisations that provide official sources of land and property data. We are connected to the NLIS at level 2 which means that search requests can be submitted electronically using the licensed NLIS channels. Searches can also be returned electronically.

For further information and the price of an NLIS search contact one of the NLIS licensed channels (details below) or go to the National Land Information Service website.

Document Exchange (DX) and postal

DX is an alternative secure mail delivery service to Royal Mail, with an over night delivery.

Please post or DX your completed CON29 form to the contact details below.

A list of fees can be found on our search fees page.

Official local land charges information

The form CON29R reveals issues such as:

• who maintains the road the property is on
• the planning history of the property
• the building control history of the property
• traffic schemes
• compulsory purchase orders
• proposed tree preservation orders
• other notices that may affect the property

Optional information can be provided by using the form CON29O, such as:

• road proposals
• public footpaths
• common land and village greens

Please be aware the above information only concerns the property searched, additional information can be specifically requested such as:

• development proposals within 200 metres of your property.