Local Land Charges in Poole
When buying property or land, a Local Land Charges search should be carried out to identify any legal restrictions, financial claims, and decisions etc that might be attached to the property or land. If restrictions do exist, the next owner or occupier will be bound by them.
Examples of such restrictions are:
- Tree Preservation Orders
- Planning conditions
- Conservation areas and listed building entries
- Enforcement notices or financial charges
We maintain a statutory register of local land charges. We update it daily to make sure the information given to conveyancers is accurate.
A full search is made up of two parts.
- LLC1 provides entries from the Local Land Charges register
- CON29 provides additional information on the property such as road schemes, planning and building control history and any legal notices that may affect the property
Solicitors would normally contact us to carry out the search and we will collect the information together from different departments and bring it together into one search.
We do not provide information on property ownership.
Submitting a search
When you request a local land charges search, you’ll need to include a plan of the property and the forms that are appropriate for the search you require:
- LLC1
- Con 29
- Con 29O – if optional questions are required
You can send your search request to us online or by post.
Online
Please send the relevant LLC/CON29 forms and a plan of the property to poole.locallandcharges@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.
Payment can be made by debit/credit card - please use our online service to make a payment.
Post
Please send the relevant LLC/CON29 forms and a plan of the property to the address below:
Local Land Charges
BCP Council,
Civic Centre,
Bourne Avenue,
Bournemouth, Dorset,
BH2 6DY
Please make payment by cheque. Cheques should be made payable to BCP Council.
Local land charge fees - Poole
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
Personal searches
We are currently accepting and returning personal search requests by email. This is a temporary arrangement and is subject to change as we continue to align the preceding Councils Local Land Charge departments.
We will provide a copy of the Local Land Charges Register and some Building Consultancy data. We do not provide registered Planning applications, these can be found on the planning portal.
We do not provide information about:
- drainage
- highways
- property ownership
- environmental health issues
If you require CON29 information, please contact the individual departments directly.
If you wish to use this temporary service, please email your personal search request to poole.locallandcharges@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.
Please include the following information in your email:
- the name of the company/searcher
- the full address including the post code of the property to be searched
- a plan with the property to be searched clearly outlined in red
We will be processing official and personal search requests in order of receipt.
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.