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Local land charges, drainage enquiries and Land Registry
Local land charges
Adur Council runs the local land charges register to give people certain local information they need when buying homes and other land or property. A local land charge search can tell you of any obligations or restrictions that are enforceable against the property. A search does not provide details of ownership of the property or land this information is available from Land Registry (see below).
You can find out more by contacting the Local Land Charges Team.
The cost of local land searches is reviewed annually and new charges come into effect at the beginning of April each year.
The local land charges fees from 1st April 2008 (until 31st March 2009) remain unchanged and as follows :
- Enquiries of Local Authorities (LLC1 and CON29R) (By DX or Post) : £108.00 (Residential)
- Enquiries of Local Authorities (LLC1 and CON29R) (via NLIS) : £106.00 (Residential)
- Enquiries of Local Authorities (LLC1 and CON29R) (By DX or Post) : £122.00 (Commercial)
- Enquiries of Local Authorities (LLC1 and CON29R) (via NLIS) : £121.00 (Residential)
- Each printed enquiry (Optional) (CON.29O) : £15.70
- Each supplementary enquiry (additional questions) : £15.70
- Each additional parcel of land : £15.70
- Official Search of the Land Charges Register (LLC1) : £20.00
- Each additional parcel of land (LLC1 only) : £1.00
(Note : Prices on this page are subject to an annual review / increase in April each year. These are correct as at April 2008).
Submitting a search
We are able to process Postal, DX and NLIS and Personal Searches.
For Postal and DX searches, a completed LLC1 request and CON29 must be submitted including a plan of the property to be searched and the correct fee as detailed above.
For NLIS (Electronic Searches) please contact one of the relevant Channel providers as follows :
- SearchFlow (www.searchflow.co.uk)
- SearchFlow : Transaction on-line (www.transaction-online.co.uk)
- TM Search (www.tmproperty.co.uk)
and for more information on electronic searches please contact NLIS on :
- National Land Information Service (www.nlis.org.uk)
We are currently working on Level 2 of the NLIS hub and can receive searches and payment electronically and in most cases provide an electronic response. The fees for an NLIS search are currently £106.00 for a residential property and £121.00 for commercial.
Personal searches
Personal Searches can be pre-arranged by giving 24 hours notice (subject to staff availability) : Monday to Friday 10:00am - 12:00 noon, or 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
A Personal Search is an inspection of the Local Land Charges Register, it can be arranged as above and be carried out by anyone on payment of the relevant fee. Please note that a Personal Search does not provide all the information given in a full (LLC1 & CON29) search.
We aim to have completed searched returned within 10 days of receipt to follow Government guidelines, our current average turn around time is 5 working days.
Drainage enquiries
All drainage enquiries should be directed to :
- Southern Water
Southern House
Capstone Road
Chatham
Kent
ME5 7QA
Tel : 0845 272 0845
DX400450 Chatham 5
Minicom text telephone : 0845 275 0845
Southern Water's website (www.southernwater.co.uk)
or
Southern Water's website : Drainage and water search - advice for homebuyers (www.southernwater.co.uk/customerServices2006/movingHouse/drainageAndWaterSearch/default.asp)
or
Southern Water's website : Main contact details webpage (www.southernwater.co.uk/resources/contactUs/default.asp)
See also on our website :
Land Registry
Enquiries relating to Land Registry (the Government Department responsible for registering land and property) who hold records on the title and ownership or interest in land in England an Wales should be referred to :
- Portsmouth District Land Registry
St Andrew's Court
St Michael's Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2JH
DX No: 83550 Portsmouth (2)
Tel : (023) 9276 8888
Fax : (023) 9276 8768 : GTN : 1454
or visit the Land Registry website (www1.landregistry.gov.uk)
You can also find out on-line who owns a particular property and how much was paid for it by using the new Land Registry on-line service. The site will also allow you to see a property's boundaries and any restrictions put on its use. The site makes a small charge for this service (£2 in Jan 2005) which is payable on-line. For more information please refer to the
- Land Registry on-line website (www.landregisteronline.gov.uk)
Other Links
For highway, footpath and common search :
- West Sussex County Council
County Hall
West Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RQ
Tel : (01243) 777100
West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk)

