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.

Fees and Charges

Standard Official Search (LLC1 and CON29R	£90
Official Certificate of Search (Form LLC1 only)	£30
Enquiries of local authority (Form CON29R only) Part 1 Enquiries *	£60
Additional Parcel of Land (Each)	£10
CON29O Optional Enquiries of local authorities questions *
Question 4 - Road Proposals by public bodies	£15
Question 5 - Public Paths of Byways	£15
Question 6 - Advertisements	£15
Question 7 - Completion Notices	£15
Question 8 - Parks and Countryside	£15
Question 9 - Pipelines	£15
Question 10 - Houses in Multiple Occupation	£15
Question 11 - Noise Abatement	£15
Question 12 - Urban Development Areas	£15
Question 13 - Enterprise Zones	£15
Question 14 - Inner Urban Improvement Areas	£15
Question 15 - Simplified Planning Zones	£15
Question 16 - Land Maintenance Notices	£15
Question 17 - Mineral Consultation Areas	£15
Question 18 - Hazardous Substance Consents	£15
Question 19 - Environmental and Pollution Notices	£15
Question 20 - Food Safety Notices	£15
Question 21 - Hedgerows Notices	£15
Question 22 - Common Land Town and Village Green	£15
*Standalone CON29R and CON29O searches attract an additional fee (Payable once per search)
Personal Searches by Appointment (contact details below)	£22
Repeat Search - LLC1 and CON29R - within 3 months of original search (including if search was ordered by any firm, provided that we are sent a copy of the first page of a full search).	£40

Requests for copy documents should be made direct to the Department concerned as the Local Land Charges Office no longer keeps copies.

Copies of S.106/52 and 38 Agreements	£10 plus 50p per sheet for 6+ pages
Copies of Tree Preservation Orders	£25

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).

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.

Personal Search Information

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.

Good Practice Guidance

The Government has published a Good Practice Guide for local authorities and personal searchers. The guidance sets out good practice on the conduct of a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register and of other records held by local authorities for inclusion in a property search. This guidance has been developed by a Working Group comprising representatives of local government, property search companies, home information pack providers and central government.

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)

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