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What are Local Land Charges?
We are currently working with HM Land Registry to migrate our Local Land Charges register to the HM Land Registry central Local Land Charges digital register.
Once this process is complete, HM Land Registry will provide search results for Local Land Charges searches in the Guildford Borough Council area.
We will no longer be able to provide LLC1 or Personal Searches. Guildford Borough Council will continue to provide replies to Con29 enquiries.
We will provide an exact date for when this service will go live in due course.
For more information visit GOV.UK and search for Local Land Charges (opens new window).
Local Land Charges are restrictions on a piece of land. Common Local Land Charges may:
- restrict what the owner can use land for
- restrict what building work the owner can do
- stop the owner removing or changing a listed building or parts of the landscape
If the owner does not comply with Local Land Charges, they could be prosecuted.
Local Land Charges apply to the land itself, so they affect anyone who owns it. You must find out if there are any Local Land Charges when you:
- buy land or property
- remortgage land or property
To find out if land is contaminated, you may wish to carry out a contaminated land enquiry instead.
Since the charges do not appear on deeds, you'll need to perform a Local Authority Search to find out what they are. We recommend you ask your solicitor to organise this.