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Local Land charges plays an important part in the conveyancing process. It provides vital information for house purchasers such as:
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.
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.
Fee
Information
Full Standard Search
£138.00
LLC1
£45
CON29R
£93
CON29 Optional Questions
£10 each, Q22 £14
NB: There is a £20.00 administration fee for optional and additional questions submitted without a standard search.
Additional Questions
£10 each
Extra parcels
£20
Individual required questions
On CON29R
£1.20 each Q2a £2.20
NB: There is a £20.00 administration fee.
Local Land Charges Fees (from 1st 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.”
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:
These estimates are based upon the assumption that search numbers will remain in line with the financial year 2010/11.
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