Land Charges
A Land Search. What is it?
The Council, by law, must keep a Land Charges register. The
register records relevant information on every property within the
borough. It includes information on highways status/
proposals, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, article 4
directions, enforcement notices, improvement grants and
financial charges.
Searches of the register are carried out for a variety of
reasons including when a purchaser is interested in buying a
property or land. The purpose of a search is to disclose to the
interested parties any relevant entries on the register
and any financial claims, planning permissions, building
control applications and other council decision or
restrictions that affect the property or parcel of land. Fees
and charges for land searches can be downloaded below. If you are ready to
carry out your search, you can register and submit your search
using our
land charges search online form.
Official Local Land Charge Searches
The Local Land Charges search may be made up of 3 parts.
They are the LLC1, CON29R & CON29O enquiries. These can be
submitted individually or altogether depending on the information
required.
- LLC1 - The Official Certificate of
Search Form. This deals with all the registerable charges, for
example financial charges, improvement grants, tree
preservation orders, conditional planning consents etc.
- CON29R - This deals with the Planning
and Building Control history of the property/piece of land, the
status of the roads, notices issued by the Local Authority and also
Radon Gas Assessments.
- CON29O - Optional Enquiries.
CON29O optional enquiries can include any
of the following questions:
- Q.4. Road proposals by private bodies
- Q.5 Public paths or byways
- Q.6 Advertisements
- Q.7 Completion Notices
- Q.8 Parks and Countryside
- Q.9 Pipelines
- Q.10 Houses in multiple occupation
- Q.11 Noise abatement
- Q.12 Urban Development areas
- Q.13 Enterprise Zones
- Q.14 Inner Urban Improvement areas
- Q.15 Simplified planning zones
- Q.16 Land maintenance notices
- Q.17 Mineral consultation areas
- Q.18 Hazardous substance consents
- Q.19 Environmental and pollution notices
- Q.20 Food safety notices
- Q.21 Hedgerow notices
- Q.22 Common Land, town and village greens
These questions are charged for individually and only
if requested.
What to expect from your Local Search
Incorporated within your Local Search are any matters on the
Land Charges Register, Planning History, Building Control
information from 2000 and a marked up plan in colour from
the Highways Authority showing adopted and unadopted highways,
Public Rights of Way and S38 Agreements within the vicinity of the
property.
Personal Searches
Any individual can come into the Council Offices to
search the Land Charges Register. This is strictly by
appointment and is free of charge. Details of how to
access the Con29 data and fees are in the documents
below.
(Please note any properties falling within the boundaries of the
Lake District National Park must obtain the planning information
from the LDNPA.)
Four days notice must be given and
all bookings should be sent by email to landcharges@allerdale.gov.uk.,
Full address details of the property and plan should be
submitted at least four days prior to your
appointment to enable the Land Charges team to undertake the
necessary work to collate the Con29 data in time for your
appointment. From 11 August 2008 the planning information for
search requests (except properties falling within Lake
District National Park Authority) will also be available from
the Land Charges Department.
Other departments must be contacted individually to make
appointment:
LDNPA Planning - 01539 792620
Cumbria County Council Highways - 01228 673078 (a list of
adopted highways is available for viewing at Allerdale
House, New Bridge Road, Workington CA14 3YJ)
How to request a Local Search
Online
Register and submit your search online for no extra charge
using our
land charges search request form. A plan marking the location
of the property/land to be searched must be scanned in and
your company will be invoiced on a monthly basis.
Post
Complete relevant forms and submit with an ordinance survey plan
clearly marking the location of the property/land to be searched
with a cheque made payable to Allerdale Borough Council.
NLIS
Allerdale Borough Council is currently at NLIS level 3 meaning
we can receive and return electronic searches through the NLIS hub.
Fees and Charges April 2012/13
Please see the documents below for all
fees and charges for property searches with effect from 1
April 2012 together with access arrangements and a request for
unrefined data form.
Turnaround Time
Allerdale Land Charges aims to complete Local Searches
within 5 working days (please note that this may be longer if
additional questions are asked). We do not offer an expedition
service but if a search is needed urgently give the office a call
and we will be more than happy to help you.
My Property
Please use the my property section of
our website to find out additional information on your property
including planning and building control applications and other
local information.