Local land charges
Online Form: Local land charges search
Welcome to the Local Land Charges Services pages. Our team provides information to people buying or carrying out transactions on a piece of land (or house) in Hackney.
The Local Land Charges section investigate whether there are any legal restrictions which may affect the property, and will bring all the information together in the form of a Local Authority search.
For a local authority search, information is collected from various departments throughout the council, including Environmental Health, Engineers, Planning, and Building Control.
Local Land Charges provides information of charges held on all property within the LB Hackney Council’s jurisdiction. The information is mainly provided for purposes of conveyancing in the business of buying, selling and re-mortgaging property.
In general terms, a Charge refers to a burden on the land on which the property is situated. They are restrictive and/or financial in nature and they are passed onto successive owners. Among the various charges are:
Planning decisions, Enforcement notices, Planning Agreements, Restrictive Covenants, Tree Preservation orders, Conservation Areas
and Listed Buildings Notices
Dangerous Structure Notices
Environmental Health Notices
Light Obstruction Notices
The information is held in a register called the Local Land Charges register and to gain access to it, an inspection of the register is required. This can be done by submitting an application in Form LLC1 and Form CON29. This type of search is called an Official Search.
Searches are often submitted by Solicitors on behalf of their clients but individuals can also submit independent applicants using the same forms above. These can be obtained at a fee from solicitors offices or electronically from the internet providers like Oyez Straker, Shaw and Sons etc. - see links. …………………………
Oyez Straker:
http://www.oyezformslink.co.uk/formlist.asp?
searchstring=con29
&Button=Go&step=0
http://www.oyezformslink.co.uk/singleform.asp?id=5375
Shaw and Sons :
http://www.shaws.co.uk/professional_forms/
professional_catalogue.htm
http://www.shaws.co.uk/professional_forms/
shawsprofcat.pdf
It is now a requirement for each application to have an up to date ordinance survey plan/map attached to it indicating precisely the extent of the land being searched.
Search applications are in 3 parts:
LLC1 Register
Part 1 CON29 Supplementary Enquiries
Part 2 CON29 Supplementary Enquiries
The most common is the combined LLC1 and Part 1 CON29 search. This is comprehensive with detailed responses to all supplementary the Part 1 CON29 enquiries. This information is only available through this type of search carried out by the Local Authority.
FEES:
Our current charges are as follows:
LLC1 Register £6
LLC1 Part 1 CON29 £191
COMMON LAND SEARCHES:
IMPORTANT CONTACTS:
NOTE:
Land Registry searches:
Page updated: 28 Feb 2007