Find out about searches on a property

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).

We can do an official search to find out what Local Land Charges apply to your property. There are many benefits to doing an official search:

• council staff have experience carrying out official searches. This means you can be confident they will not make any mistakes
• we can find information about land which does not appear on the Land Charges Register. We'll give you this information in a CON29 form. Lots of this information is held in our own records, and not all of it is available to the public
• the law covers you if we miss anything on an official search. You'll get compensation if anything goes wrong because of our mistake
• we aim to provide 95 per cent of official land charges search results within three working days

If you ask for a full official search, we'll give information set out on two forms:

LLC1 form

The LLC1 form shows you any information in the Local Land Charges register. It will find specific charges which apply to a piece of land. These include:

• financial charges
• planning charges
• Tree Preservation Orders
• Land Charges made due to a previous breach of planning rules on the site

CON29 form

The CON29 form shows you general information about a piece of land. This includes:

• highways
• planning history
• building control information

You can request either of these forms individually.

Third parties

Some third parties can make an official search for you. Visit the National Land Information Service website (opens new window) or the TM Group website (opens new window) for more information.