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
Local Land
Charges Fees (from 1st April 2009 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 2009/2010 are
£219,690. This estimate is based on the approved budget for the
section.
Our fees for 2009/2010 are as
follows:
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Search Type
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Fee
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Information
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Full Standard Search
(paper)
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£125.00
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LLC1 (paper)
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£40
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CON29R (paper)
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£85
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CON29 Optional Questions
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£10 each, Q22 £14
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NB: There is a £16.00 administration
fee for optional and additional questions submitted without a
standard search.
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Additional Questions
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£10 each
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Personal Searches
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£11.00
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Individual required
questions
On CON29R
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£1.15 each
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NB: There is a £16.00 administration
fee.
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The estimated numbers of requests for searches
are as follows:
Personal
searches
2009
LLC1
107
CON29R
3
Full standard
search
1409
These estimates are based upon the assumption
that search numbers will remain in line with the financial year
2008/09.
Form
A, CON29R enquires form can be downloaded, completed, and sent
to us with the appropriate fee.
Further information is also provided on the
access document as to the information available from Thanet
District Council.