As a rule a Local Land Charges Search is required on the sale or purchase of a property, on re-mortgage or when there are any dealings with land. A fee is charged for providing a Local Search. The Local Search consists of two standard forms, the LLC1 and the CON29.
The LLC1 form, the official requisition of search of the Local Land Charges Register, discloses the registered entries affecting the property. These may be conditional planning consents, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, Council grants that may need to be repaid, agreements or identification of the property as a building of special architectural or historical interest.
The CON29 form, enquiries of local authorities, provides a number of set questions on matters such as highway adoption and road schemes, local plan policies, environmental health notices, building control applications, planning notices and orders. The CON29 has a number of questions that are always asked and then a number of additional questions for which an additional fee is charged.
In some cases it is also possible to ask an additional enquiry of your own, such as information concerning recent planning applications on adjoining properties. An additional fee is charged.
Parcels of Land
An OS parcel is a field or similar unit identified and referenced by Ordnance Survey. However, for search purposes a parcel is a piece of land occupied or owned separately from the land around it. It can contain several OS parcels. A search can, however, include more than one parcel if the parcels are adjacent, or separated only by a road, river or railway.
Separate search requisitions are needed for all such separate search parcels. The Council will accept as a single parcel a domestic dwelling and garage where the garage is located in a nearby garage block on the same development. The same principle applies to parking spaces.
Submitting Searches
Searches must be submitted on the LLC1 and the CON29 forms agreed by the Law Society and the Local Government Association. The Council does not provide copies of the forms and are available from legal stationers.
Searches can also be submitted electronically by contacting the National Land Information Service, which is a Government Initiative encouraging local authorities to modernise their systems in order to effectively deliver land charges searches electronically.
In order to enable requisitions to be processed efficiently, please ensure a copy of a current Ordnance Survey extract accompany each application, with the property/land edged red on the plan.
Completed Searches should be sent to the:-
Local Land Charges Section
Huntingdonshire District Council
Pathfinder House
St. Mary’s Street
Huntingdon
Cambs
PE29 3TN
DX NO: 140316 HUNTINGDON SC
CONTACT: Miss Lesley Kent - (01480) 388019
Mrs Amanda Jerrom - (01480) 388020
Fax: - (01480) 388061
On completion of the LLC1 and the CON29 forms the Local Land Charges Section returns the completed forms and questions to your Solicitor.