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 optional additional
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 requested 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 (which are obtainable from
www.oyezstore.co.uk) should
be submitted in duplicate and at the same time, if answers to
both are required. You can submit searches in two different
ways:-
Electronically
Option
1: 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/
Option 2:
Searches can also be submitted electronically, via the Web,
through TM Search Choice:
http://www.tmofficialsearchservices.co.uk/Home.aspx
Option 3: At this
time we cannot accept credit/debit card payments on-line but we can
accept payments over the phone, on 01684 862151, and paperwork can
be submitted, in pdf format, via e-mail to land.charges@malvernhills.gov.uk
In
Paper Format
Forms should be sent through the Post or the Document
Exchange service and search requests should include the
following:
- Only one copy is required of all forms for which a
response is sought (i.e LLC1 and/or CON29R and/or CON29O)
- The
correct fee in the form of a cheque made payable to Malvern
Hills District Council
- An accurate full postal address, including postcode, of
the property to be searched against
- One readable location plan, based on Ordnance Survey maps,
clearly showing the boundary of the property/land to be searched
against marked in red
- The full return postal/DX address/e-mail 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 5-10 working
days, from receipt to dispatch, however at busy times it can take
longer.
All paper searches are returned by Second Class Mail, the DX
Document Exchange System or by E-mail and is dependant on what
return method you have indicated on the LLC1.