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A local land charges search is undertaken as part of the conveyancing process when a property or a piece of land is being purchased, leased, valued or re-mortgaged. This reveals any restrictions or legal obligations against the site such as tree preservation orders, conditional planning consents, conservation areas, listed buildings etc.

How to apply for a local land charges search

Please be aware that due to an upgrade Public Access Land Charges (PALC) will be unavailable on Wednesday 26 April and Thursday 27 April.

Apply for a local land charge search via Public Access Land Charges (PALC)

You will need the search address and an Ordnance Survey site plan of the property outlined in red.

The turnaround time for a basic search is a maximum of 10 working days.

Fees
Full search (LLC1 and CON29R)	£164.50
Full search - Additional parcel	£19.40
LLC1	£28.80
LLC1 Additional parcel	£4.48
CON29 (R)	£135.70
CON29 (O) enquiries	£22.98
Additional enquiries	£24.68
Administration charge	£20.60

Cancelling a search

Public Access Land Charges (PALC) is not designed for dealing with cancellations. If you delete a search before it is completed you will still receive the results and will be charged.

If you need to cancel a search, please contact our Local Land Charges team.

A refund will not be given if work has started on processing your search.

Before submitting a search using PALC, please ensure the property that is subject to the search submission is definitely in the East Suffolk area. If you are in doubt please contact us. If a search is submitted for a property outside our area, the search will be rejected, the refund will be processed and a cancellation charge of £20.00 will be applied.

What does a local land charge search contain?

A standard land charge search usually includes two elements, submitted together - LLC1 and CON29R, although these can also be submitted separately.

LLC1 - Certificate of Search of the Local Land Charges Register.
Shows Land Charges affecting land or property such as planning consents and tree preservation orders and includes an official Certificate of Search.
CON29R - Enquiries of local authority.
Shows anything else such as Highways information on nearby road schemes, planning and building decisions pending and outstanding notices.

Personal search

Purchase an extract of the Local Land Charges Register via Public Access Land Charges (PALC)

Please email your EIR Personal Search requests to our Freedom of Information team.

CON29 informative notes

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) data and your search request

If your Search result contains CIL data, please be advised that the response could be delayed by up to ten days. If you have any queries in this regard please contact our CIL team.

Copy documents

Access planning permissions, building control approvals and completion certificates via Public Access

Requests for documents not available on Public Access should be directed to our Land Charges Team. Please be advised that archive records are held in hard copy and microfilm formats at an off-site, deep storage facility, and a retrieval fee of £22.97 per application is payable in advance of files being requested. Publishable documents will be made available to view on Public Access, which can take up to 30 days depending on the volume of documents within each file.

Requests for documents from building control competent persons schemes, (eg NICEIC, Fensa, HETAS) should be sent direct to the individual scheme.

Current competent person schemes

Drainage enquiries

For drainage and water enquiries please contact Geodesys Ltd who are part of Anglian Water.

Property and land ownership

For details of property and land ownership please contact HM Land Registry.

Property and land boundaries

For details of property and land boundaries please see HM Land Registry Boundaries.

Commons and village green enquiries

Request an official search of the Register of Commons and Village Greens via Suffolk County Council

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