Local Land Charges deals with requests, mainly from solicitors acting for proposed purchasers, as part of a conveyancing transaction.
The result contains information relating to the constraints or obligations (known as charges) held against the property or land and may help you decide whether to proceed with the proposed purchase.
These charges may be of a financial or non-financial nature.
You can perform and retrieve searches using our online local land charges service.
HM Land Registry
From Wednesday 24 April 2024, local land charges (LLC) searches, formerly known as LLC1 searches, previously provided by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council will migrate to HM Land Registry’s digital LLC Register.
To access the new service you can download a free personal search from GOV.UK (external link), or an official search for £15 through your portal account, Business Gateway account or GOV.UK
Last date for submissions through this website will be the 16th April 2024, no more applications will be accepted after this time
Fees and charges
We will apply VAT (at the standard rate of 20%) in relation to:
- Form Con29 Enquiries of the Local Authority
- Form Con29O Enquiries of the Local Authority
- Con29 additional parcel fees
Fees and charges 2024/2025
| Service | Postal and Manual applications | Electronic applications via NLIS and online portal |
|---|
| Form CON29R |
£212.18 |
£201.20 |
| Each additional (CON29) parcel - including VAT |
£12 |
£12* |
| Individual CON29R Questions |
** See more information |
| CON29 Optional Enquiries - including VAT |
£12 each
Other than enquiry 22
£18
|
£12 each*
Other than enquiry 22
£18 each*
|
| Each additional enquiry |
£15 |
£15* |
* An extra fee is payable to the National land Information Service (NLIS) hub for electronic applications sent through NLIS.
** Access to CON29R information and details of costs can be found in our price list. These fees have been set on a cost-recovery basis according to legislation SL 2008/Number 3248.
How searches work
A small team of two staff complete local searches every day.
Local searches are returned within 10 working days though our average return time is five working days from date of receipt.
We keep records of local searches for seven years, which is the time limit for any legal action to be taken.