Local land charges

The Cheshire West and Chester LLC Team is responsible for maintaining and providing access to the statutory register. This register holds information against properties that fall within the definition of a local land charge and its purpose is to provide a common public place where any restrictions or prohibitions on land/properties in the borough can be recorded.

Who uses our service?

Most commonly we are contacted by conveyancers/solicitors who carry out the search on behalf of their client. They are acting on behalf of the public who are buying, selling or remortgaging their home. It is possible to complete a local authority search as a member of the public but requesting an official local authority search from your solicitor will provide you with the same document.

Please be aware the some conveyancers/solicitors use third party companies to carry out searches on their behalf. These companies do not always request official local authority searches from the council. The insurance for this type of document then differs and the council can not be held responsible for the answers they provide or the time it takes to complete the search.

What types of searches do we provided?

The most commonly requested search from ourselves is an official local authority search (LLC1 and Con29R Forms). The cost of these are:

£90 for a residential property

£115 for a commercial property

We do provide other types of searches which can be chosen from, depending on what it is you want from the search. For example, you can just search the LLC Register using an LLC1 form.

For a full list of options please see our page explaining search applications.

We would like to make it clear that in order to operate in line with how all other local authority search requests are submitted to the Council and to avoid any delay, if it is your intention to submit CON29R enquiries, we would request that payment be submitted together with the search request form and a location plan.

Please make cheques payable to: Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Should you require further assistance please contact the Local Land Charges team:

Email: llc@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk.