Local Land Charges Searches
The Local Land Charges Service is available for those purchasing
property and land within the Malvern Hills District boundary. The
purpose of the service is to disclose to the prospective purchaser
information which may affect a particular property or plot of
land.
The Land Charges team maintain a Register which is updated daily
in order to provide answers to Search requests using information
obtained from the relevant parts of the Council such as Planning,
Environmental Services and Highways.
The Local Land Search is in TWO parts:
The first part is called the LLC1 which is the legal document
relating to all the registerable charges; for example, financial
charges (registered against a property/properties or land by the
Authority), improvement/renovation grants, tree preservation
orders, conservation areas, enforcement notices, smoke control and
noise abatement orders and planning applications which have been
approved with conditions as from 1 August 1977.
The second part known as the CON29R is a standard form of
Enquiries relating to planning, highways, and environmental
history, which may affect the property/land.
There is also a CON29O which contains questions but these
require an additional fee and only need to be requested if you or
your Solicitor thinks it necessary. They include footpaths, highway
and pipeline questions to name a few.
Additional written enquiries can also be requestd at the same
time as the search application but these also require an additional
fee. If a request for an additional written enquiry is received
following the return of the search this will incur a larger
fee.
Information provided in response to a Search with Enquiries,
which is part of the conveyancing procedure, is set down in
legislation and in standard questions agreed between the Law
Society and Local Government organisations.
Submission of Searches
Both the LLCl and CON29 should be submitted in duplicate at the
same time if answers to both are required. You can submit
searches in two different ways:-
Electronically
We are connected to NLIS
Level 3 (this is when your search application is transmitted
electronically directly into our searches system). You can
carry out your search electronically via the Web using the National
Land Information System (NLIS) Hub. You will also save on
paper, DX cost and time. Details of the search fees are
available when you register with the NLIS Hub:
http://www.searchflow.co.uk/
Searches can also be submitted electronically, via the Web,
through TM Search Choice:
http://www.tmofficialsearchservices.co.uk/Home.aspx
In paper form through the Postal or the Document
Exchange service
Search requests should include the
following:
- The
correct fee in the form of a cheque made payable to Malvern
Hills District Council
- An accurate full postal address of the property to be searched
against
- Two plans based on Ordnance Survey maps showing the boundary of
the property/land to be searched against clearly marked in red
- The full return postal address in the box provided on the form
LLC1
Postal Searches should be sent to:
Local Land Charges
Malvern Hills District Council
The Council House
Avenue Road
Malvern
WR14 3AF
DX 17608 Malvern
We aim to turnaround searches within 5 working days,
from receipt to dispatch, however at busy times it can take
longer.
All searches are returned by First Class mail or the Document
Exchange system.
Information for Personal Searches
