Local Land Charges

It is important to have a full local authority search carried out when buying a property as it is designed to protect prospective purchasers by informing them of, for instance, whether the highway fronting the property is public or privately maintained, to let them know about planning permissions/conditions, tree preservation orders or enforcement notices, which may affect the property to be purchased.

Search & Enquiry Fees From 1 August 2007

• Basic Search CON 29R & LLC1 - £120.00
• LLC1 only - £25.00
• CON 29O Enquiries - £10.00 each with the original Search and Enquiries
• CON 29R Stand Alone Enquiries - £95.00 plus one time admin fee per search of £12.00
• CON 29O Stand Alone Enquiries - £10.00 each plus one time admin fee per search of £12.00
• Additional Parcels - £10.00 each
• Personal Seraches by Appointment - £11.00

Search & Enquiries Should be Addressed to:-

Local Land Charges Department
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF

DX 6422 Maidenhead 1

Payments 

Cheques drawn on a firm's Account should be made payable to:-

• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM)

The Council very much regrets that, as a result of a number of cheques being dishonoured, all searches submitted by a firm will only be processed if accompanied by a cheque drawn on the firm's Account.

All searches & Enquiries will be returned unless accompanied by an up to date OS/Land Registry plan showing and naming the surrounding roads and features (block plans and/or street plans are insufficient for land charges use).

Additional Enquiries

Searches are not circulated in this Authority.  Additional enquiries can only be answered by the Department concerned.  It is therefore advised that the Particular Department is contacted direct by letter enclosing a plan to which the enquiries relate and not enclosed with search & enquiries.

Requests for Documents

The Land Charges department does not hold copies of documents therefore requests for documents should be made direct to the Department concerned and not to Land Charges.

Contact Details:

For further information, contact the Local Land Charges Department:-

By telephone:  01628 796292 / 6293
By email: land.charges@rbwm.gov.uk
By post:  Local Land Charges Department, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1RF
(DX 6422 MAIDENHEAD 1)