Local Land Charges Register

A Guide To Local Land Charges

A Local Land Charge Search forms an important part of the Convenancing Process your Solicitor carries out when you purchase a property. Your Solicitor will guide you through the process, one element of which is the Local Land Charge Search.

Local Land Charges were the creation of the Land Charges Act 1925 and were set up to make new purchasers aware of any enforceable obligations that were binding on successive owners. The principle is still the same today although changes have taken place with regard to the Statues, Rules and Acts which govern the Register.

The Register is split into twelve parts as follows:

• Parts I and II - Financial
• Part III - Planning
• Part IV - Miscellaneous
• Part V - Fenland
• Part VI - Land Compensation
• Part VII - New Towns
• Part VIII - Civil Aviation
• Part IX - Opencast Coal
• Part X - Listed Buildings
• Part XI - Light Obstruction Notices
• Part XII - Drainage Schemes

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