Local Land Charges Searches

The Local Land Charges Service is available for those purchasing property and land within the Malvern Hills District boundary. The purpose of the service is to disclose to the prospective purchaser information which may affect a particular property or plot of land.

The Land Charges team maintain a Register which is updated daily in order to provide answers to Search requests using information obtained from the relevant parts of the Council such as Planning, Environmental Services and Highways.

The Local Land Search is in TWO parts:

The first part is called the LLC1 which is the legal document relating to all the registerable charges; for example, financial charges (registered against a property/properties or land by the Authority), improvement/renovation grants, tree preservation orders, conservation areas, enforcement notices, smoke control and noise abatement orders and planning applications which have been approved, with conditions, as from 1 August 1977.

The second part known as the CON29R is a standard form of Enquiries relating to planning, highways, and environmental history, which may affect the property/land.

There is also a CON29O which contains optional additional questions but these require an additional fee and only need to be requested if you or your Solicitor thinks it necessary. They include footpaths, highway and pipeline questions, to name a few.

Additional written enquiries can also be requested at the same time as the search application but these also require an additional fee. If a request for an additional written enquiry is received following the return of the search this will incur a larger fee.

Information provided in response to a Search with Enquiries, which is part of the conveyancing procedure, is set down in legislation and in standard questions agreed between the Law Society and Local Government organisations.

Submission of Searches

Both the LLCl and CON29 (which are obtainable from www.oyezstore.co.uk) should be submitted in duplicate and at the same time, if answers to both are required.  You can submit searches in two different ways:-

Electronically

Option 1:  We are connected to NLIS Level 3 (this is when your search application is transmitted electronically directly into our searches system).  You can carry out your search electronically via the Web using the National Land Information System (NLIS) Hub.  You will also save on paper, DX cost and time.  Details of the search fees are available when you register with the NLIS Hub:

http://www.searchflow.co.uk/

Option 2:  Searches can also be submitted electronically, via the Web, through TM Search Choice:

http://www.tmofficialsearchservices.co.uk/Home.aspx

Option 3:  At this time we cannot accept credit/debit card payments on-line but we can accept payments over the phone, on 01684 862151, and paperwork can be submitted, in pdf format, via e-mail to land.charges@malvernhills.gov.uk.

In Paper Format

Forms should be sent through the Postal or the Document Exchange service and search requests should include the following:

1. Duplicate copies of all forms for which a response is required (i.e LLC1 and/or CON29R and/or CON29O)
2. The correct fee in the form of a cheque made payable to Malvern Hills District Council
3. An accurate full postal address, including postcode, of the property to be searched against
4. Two readable plans based on Ordnance Survey maps clearly showing the boundary of the property/land to be searched against marked in red
5. The full return postal/DX address in the box provided on the form LLC1

Postal Searches should be sent to:

Local Land Charges
Malvern Hills District Council
The Council House
Avenue Road
Malvern
WR14 3AF

DX 17608 Malvern

We aim to turnaround searches within 5 working days, from receipt to dispatch, however at busy times it can take longer.

All paper searches are returned by First Class mail or the Document Exchange system.

Information for Personal Searches