Explains who maintains registers and provides the search service regarding local land charges and common land and village greens. When a search is required, cost of a search (to the public and the council), how the service works and who can use the service.
All our offices are currently closed to the public as a result of the current and unprecedented situation.
Advice has been produced by the Government in relation to house moves during the COVID-19 pandemic. This advice states that whilst there is no need to pull out of transactions, we all need to ensure we are following guidance to stay at home and away from others at all times. It also rightly says, the health of individuals and the public must be the priority. Therefore, in many cases, house moves will be difficult at the current time but the council does accept that there are situations where transactions that require a local search to be completed, can still proceed notwithstanding the restrictions currently in place. We have therefore been looking at ways in which we can accommodate searches being undertaken in a manner that complies both with the restrictions and the guidance issued by the Government and Public Health England and our legal obligations to our staff.
The council's local land charges staff are currently working on a rota basis so that social distancing guidelines are properly observed. This will continue until it is safe to do otherwise taking account of Government and Public Health England advice at the relevant time. With immediate effect the following choices for undertaking a local land charges search are available:
These arrangements are temporary and will continue only until we are able to again accept appointments to view the local land charges registers. Depending on the extent of any relaxation of the current restrictions, any appointments, when they resume, may also be limited but the council will do what it can to accommodate all requests to inspect the registers at that time.
Unfortunately, whether the search is undertaken by the council or a personal search agent or intermediary, it is important to understand that it may take longer than usual to process because of the need to currently apply staff rota systems and particularly if it is necessary to look at paper files, for example to check the planning history for a property.
The local land charges team provides the following services:
A Local Authority search is required in connection with the purchase of any land/property within the East Riding of Yorkshire. A search is usually instigated by a client's solicitor, but anybody can request one.
If you require information on potentially contaminated land, and other environmental issues, please see our land pollution page.
As of 31 March 2017 following HMRC's decisions that CON29R and CON29O products submitted to the Local Authority are considered to be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%, we will be increasing our fees for the CON29R and CON29O by 20%. The statutory LLC1 Official Search Certificate of Search is unaffected by this change.
Our new fees are detailed below:
Search | Charge | VAT | Total |
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Residential LLC1 - Local Land Charges Register only | £30.00 | none | £30.00 |
Commercial LLC1 - Local Land Charges Register only | £40.00 | none | £40.00 |
Residential CON29R (required form) | £100.00 | £20.00 | £120.00 |
Commercial** CON29R (required form) | £120.00 | £24.00 | £144.00 |
Residential* full standard search (LLC1 + CON29R) | £130.00 | £20.00 | £150.00 |
Commercial** full standard search (LLC1 + CON29R) | £160.00 | £24.00 | £184.00 |
CON29O (optional form) each enquiry 4-21 | £20.00 | £4.00 | £24.00 |
CON29O (optional form) enquiry 22 CLVG | £14.00 | £2.80 | £16.80 |
Each additional enquiry (your own question) | £30.00 | none | £30.00 |
Additional parcel of land | £9.30 | £1.86 | £11.16 |
Personal inspection of Registers | £0.00 | none | £0.00 |
Public Inspection | £0.00 | none | £0.00 |
*Residential
Domestic dwellings including houses, bungalows and self-contained flats either in residential or holiday use where the vendor is a private individual. Also includes individual building plots for residential properties where the site is either currently vacant or under construction.
**Commercial
All other types of search.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is electronically linked to the National Land Information Service (NLIS). LLC1 and CON29 searches can be submitted to Local Land Charges using this service. The NLIS channel providers are:
Below are the total costs to the council for carrying out searches in the last financial year:
Residential (70%) | Commercial (30%) | Total | |
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Actual cost | £84,136 | £36,357 | £120,493 |
Number of searches | 1,326 | 573 | 1,899 |
Actual fee | £63 | £63 | - |
Residential (68%) | Commercial (32%) | Total | |
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Actual cost | £146,903 | £69,736 | £216,639 |
Number of searches | 1,186 | 563 | 1,749 |
Actual fee | £124 | £124 | - |
Residential (70%) | Commercial (30%) | Total | |
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Projected income 19-20 | £39,780 | £22,920 | £62,700 |
Projecetd volumes 19-20 | 1,326 | 573 | 1,899 |
Projected fee 19-20 | £30 | £40 | - |
Residential (68%) | Commercial (32%) | Total | |
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Projected income 19-20 | £118,600 | £67,560 | £186,160 |
Projecetd volumes 19-20 | 1,186 | 563 | 1,749 |
Projected fee 19-20 | £100 | £120 | - |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is electronically linked to the National Land Information Service (NLIS). LLC1 and CON29 searches can be submitted to Local Land Charges using this service. The NLIS channel providers are:
Thames water property searchesEmail: landcharges@eastriding.gov.uk
Telephone: (01482) 393172