Local Land Charges

Local Land charges plays an important part in the conveyancing process. It provides vital information for house purchasers such as:

• Planning
• Road Adoption
• Restrictions of use of the land

Searches are received within the Land Charges Department from solicitors, estate agents and home information pack providers on behalf of house sellers and purchasers.

The Local Land Charges Department carries out all official searches covered by the Local Land Charges Act 1975, guaranteeing complete and comprehensive replies by the Council to the Official Certificate of Search (LLC1) and CON29 enquiries.

• Full searches are usually carried out within 10 working days.
• Personal search requests need to be booked at least 24 hours in advance, by telephone, subject to availability.

Individual CON29 search requests should include the appropriate payment and will usually be dealt with within 5 working days but subject to the constraints of other Agencies.

All Searches should be submitted with a clear site plan.

Opening Times

• Monday – Friday (excluding bank holidays) 9am-5pm

Our fees for 1st April 2012/2013 are as follows:  (subject to any change in VAT status)

• Find out what information you can obtain, where from , applicable fees
• Form A, CON29R enquires form can be downloaded (PDF 34kb), completed, and sent to us with the appropriate fee.

Transparency of Charges

Local Land Charges Fees (from 1^st April 2012 and including CON29R fees per question-2008 Regulations).

Our fees must be set in accordance with new Government legislation see extract below. 

“Transparency in relation to setting of charges

1.—(1) During each financial year, a local authority must publish a statement setting out—

(a)   the estimates the local authority has made under regulation 6(2) (estimates of total costs and estimates
       of numbers of requests) in respect of the unit charge for the following financial year;

(b)   the basis for those estimates; and the amount of the unit charge it proposes for the

        following financial year.”

• Information published for the financial year ending 31^st March 2011

The estimated total costs of maintaining the Local Land Charges Register and answering property searches at Thanet District Council for the financial year 2011/2012 are £206,050. This estimate is based on the approved budget for the section.

The estimated numbers of requests for searches are as follows:

Further information is also provided on the access document as to the information available from Thanet District Council.

Land Charges Department

E-mail: land.charges@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577450

Fax: 01843 290906

DX: 30555 Margate