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Local Land Charges
The Local Land Charges Department undertakes local searches on a property or land which you may be thinking of buying as well as on surrounding areas. These are usually requested by a solicitor who can explain the results to you. Information is provided about matters which may affect the property for example planning applications, enforcement notices, building regulations, whether the property is in a conservation area or whether there are any major developments planned. picture of house and garage

Our contact information

Opening hours 8.45 to 5pm Monday to Thursday
8.45 to 4.45pm on Friday
Personal searches By appointment only - 10am to 12noon and 2-4pm daily
Telephone 01784 446483 or 446485
e-mail land.charges@spelthorne.gov.uk
Address Council Offices
Knowle Green
Staines
TW18 1XB
DX DX 98044 / STAINES 2

How much will it cost?
What forms do I need to complete?
Personal search information
Who else may I need to contact?
For Land Registry enquiries please contact them directly either by e-mail (landregistry.gsi.gov.uk) or by calling 0844 892 1111.
Local Land Charges budget and actual expenditure and income (Pdf 64kb)

How much will it cost?

All cheques should be made payable to 'Spelthorne Borough Council'. Please note that client or individual cheques cannot be accepted.   You can also pay by Credit or Debit card by telephoning 01784 446485 and then email the paperwork for the search to Land.Charges@spelthorne.gov.uk We are now able to return Searches electronically via either the NLIS Hub (National Land Information Service), please visit www.nlis.org.uk (external link) or TM Group, please visit www.tmgroup.co.uk (external link)

Service Cost Reply period
LLC1 Form - Certificate only £22.00 Up to five working days
CON 29 Form 'R' - Standard enquireies £151.00 Up to five working days
Surrey County Council's fee £28.00 Up to five working days
Therefore the whole search fee is £201.00  
Additional parcel £15.40 Up to five working days
Each CON 29 'O' optional enquiry £15.00 Up to five working days
Solicitors own additional enquiry £20.00 Up to five working days
Copying charges    
Each planning permission £10.00 By arrangement
Each agreement etc first sheet £2.90 By arrangement
Each subsequent sheet £0.75 By arrangement
Copy of duplicate search £7.20 By arrangement
Enquiries    
Replies to written enquiries relating to searches   within 10 working days
Replies to general telephone enquiries relating to searches   As soon as practicable

Personal searches - please see below for full details

What forms do I need to complete?

Please be advised that once a search has been accepted for processing, regretfully, it cannot be cancelled. Two sets of forms make up the search - LLC1 and CON29.
When applying for a search, please ensure the following is sent:
  • The LLC1 and CON29 forms if you require answers to both, in duplicate if via the post or DX;
  • The correct fee - this Authority does not accept personal cheques. All cheques should be make payable to the Spelthorne Borough Council and cannot be post dated;
  • A clear address indicating the property being searched and a Land Registry filed plan outlining the property in red.
The LLC1 deals with information from the Local Land Charges register. The register contains important information about the property, which might affect what you can do with it currently or in the future, and you need to be aware of this before you buy. Significant information such as:

  • Financial Charges (Registered against the property by the Local Authority);
  • Planning Agreements;
  • Tree Preservation Orders;
  • Enforcement Notices;
  • Conditional Planning Consents;
  • Improvement Grants;
  • Smoke Control Orders;
  • Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest;
The CON29 deals with supplementary information held by the Local Authority. The information is very comprehensive and provides essential answers about the property, such as:

  • Is there going to be a major highway running through the property?
  • Is the road in front of the property maintained at public expense or will you have to maintain it?
  • Is there a contravention in relation to a building Regulation affecting the property?
There are 64 replies to standard questions given in CON29 form R. There are also optional enquiries (CON29 form O) should you require more information. The Commons Registration Searches question is now part of the CON290 form sent to Local Land Charges department initially and answered by Surrey County Council.

Personal searches

Access and Fee information for Personal Searchers - CON29R

Who else may I need to contact?

  • Transco, Slough Distribution, Uxbridge Road, Slough, Berks. SL2 5NA
  • Thames Water Property Insight, P.O. Box 3189, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4WWDX 151280 Slough 13
  • British Pipeline Agency, Lord Alexandra House, Water House Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1EJ
  • Esso Engineering Group, Supply & Distribution, Hive Terminal, Hardley, Southampton, SO45 6NL.