Solicitors normally submit a Local Land Charges search as an essential part of property transactions. They include information about:

• conditional planning consents and planning agreements
• Tree Preservation Orders
• conservation areas and listed building entries
• enforcement notices or financial charges
• other relevant information.

To make a personal search of the Local Land Charges register, you need to supply the Local Land Charges team with the search address and a plan of the property.

Submitting a search

When you request a full local search, you’ll need to include a plan of the property and the following forms:

• LLC1 - provides entries from the Local Land Charges register.
• Con 29 - provides additional information on the property. Additional charges apply for this search.

You can send your forms via:

• post to:
  Local Land Charges
  BCP Council,
  Civic Centre,
  Bourne Avenue,
  Bournemouth, Dorset,
  BH2 6DY
• email at bournemouth.locallandcharges@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

We can accept payment via cheque. Cheques must be made payable to BCP Council.

We are able to accept payments by debit/credit card – online payments

Please send the relevant LLC/Con 29 forms to email.

Searches are always returned at the earliest opportunity.

Local land charge fees - Bournemouth

2023/24 search fees

Type of application	Net fee	VAT	Total fee
LLC1 only	£25	£0	£25
CON29	£100	£20	£120
LLC1 and CON29			£145
CON29 optional enquiries (per question)	£22.50	£4.50	£27
Solicitors own written enquiries (per question)	£27.50	£5.50	£33
Extra parcel(s) of land - LLC1	£6	£0	£6
Extra parcel(s) of land - CON29	£17.50	£3.50	£21
Extra parcel(s) of land LLC1 and CCON29			£27
Personal search	Personal searches are undertaken under the Environmental Information Regulations and therefore no fee applies

Drainage searches

Wessex Water undertakes drainage searches in the authority area. Please contact them for more information directly by:

• phone on 01225 526206
• email at contactus@wessexsearches.co.uk.