Local Land Charges

Page last updated 23 July 2026

Our Land Charges system is now live and we are accepting land charges searches.

Land searches update Thursday 23 July:

As of Monday 13 July, our new Land Charges system launched and we resumed accepting searches. Our Local Land Charges Register is also now live and will be updated daily.

Backlog timescales

There will be a delay in processing of searches, because of the system downtime, beyond the normal eight-day turnaround period.

Please note – searches received by email prior to go live will be processed by the Land Charges team – please do not resubmit the same request again through the new portal.

The work to get through the backlog of our downtime is underway. We are processing requests in date order.

This process is taking a bit longer than normal as it’s a new system and we need to undertake rigorous additional checks to ensure all information returned correctly. We are not yet in a position to provide a detailed timetable.

We have arranged extra team resources and staff this week to help get things moving.

Thank you for your continued patience and we will provide a further update in a week’s time.

For information on the delays to the launch of this system, please see our Joint statement from Cllr Maggie Filipova-Rivers, Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, and Cllr Bethia Thomas, Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council.

Personal searches

If you have requested a personal search you will need to contact your personal search agent when the public register is available for an indication of the likely timescales, as our land charges team have no records of these requests and do not process them.

We accept requests for searches in the following ways: via our new portal, email, through NLIS or other search providers

If you have already submitted your search by email or other providers, you do not need to resubmit it.

Register

The portal is open for receiving searches. If you want to submit a search request via our new portal, you will need to register an account. The instructions for registering an account are here.

Our Local Land Charges team is responsible for:

maintaining the Local Land Charges Register
carrying out Local Searches
providing copy documents
holding copies of the Oxfordshire County Council highways and public rights of way maps and information (we do not hold details of land ownership or boundaries).

We are linked to the National Land Information Service (NLIS) at Level 3, and can receive and return Local Search requests electronically. Our fees and charges are reviewed annually on 1st April. You can see the details of the fees and charges further down this page.

Our Promises To You

We will provide a friendly and efficient service, which aims to be 100% accurate at all times
We will respond to all official Searches within 8 working days (although we will endeavour to respond within 5 working days)
We will make the Local Land Charges Register available for Personal Searches
We will respond to copy document requests within 5 working days of receipt of written requests
We will respond to written enquiries within 10 working days of receipt
We have adopted the Local Land Charges Code of Practice published by the Local Government Association.

Local Land Charges Fees – Effective 1 April 2026

Unfortunately we cannot accept search requests made by post or paid by cheque. Searches can be submitted by email with payment by BACS. If you require further details of the process please contact the team either by phone or email.

These fees now include Vat on Con29. As introduced by HMRC. Here’s the fees for local land charges searches:

OFFICIAL SEARCH

LLC1 (Registers only) Residential – £98.00
CON29R Residential (Inc VAT) – £166.80
LLC1 and CON29R Residential – £264.80
LLC1 (Registers Only ) Commercial – £128
CON29R Commercial (Inc VAT) – £219.60
LLC1 and CON29R Commercial – £347.60
CON29O Optional enquiries 5 – 21 (Inc VAT) – £22.80
CON29O enquiry 22 (Inc VAT and admin fee) – £67.37
Additional Enquiries – £45.60
Additional Parcels of Land (LLC1 and Con29) – £43.00 (LLC1 only – £19, Con29 only inc VAT – £24.00)
Registration of a charge in Part 11 of the register (light obstruction notices ) – £101
Filling a definitive certificate of the Land Tribunal under rule 10 (3) in Part 11 of the register – £21
Filing a judgement, order or application for the variation or cancellation of any entry in Part 11 of the register – £21

Garages are included in the basic search fee i.e. garages or parking spaces in a separate block, forming part of the title.

We return searches electronically by email.

Electronic searches

We can receive searches electronically. We accept searches via:

National Land Information Service

There are no additional charges for receiving search responses electronically.

Anyone can carry out a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register which is now live.

Additional parcels of land

The guidance note on the LLC1 for a Parcel of Land states:
‘A separate requisition for search should be made in respect of each parcel of land in respect of which a search is required except where, for the purpose of a single transaction, a certificate is required in respect of two or more parcels of land which have a common boundary or are separated only by a road, railway, river, stream or canal.

Parcel of Land’ means land (including a building or part of a building) which is separately occupied or separately rated or, if not occupied or rated, in separate ownership. For the purpose of this definition an owner is the person who (in his own right or as trustee for any other person) is entitled to receive the rack rent of land, or, where the land is not let at a rack rent, would be so entitled if it were so let.’

A parcel of land is each separately owned or occupied piece of land or dwelling which is within the area outlined
in red on the search plan.

We can only accept a Search which covers several parcels if the boundaries of each parcel actually abut.

We do not classify garages as separate parcels where they form part of one title.

If the boundaries of the parcels do not abut, then we require a separate search for each parcel.

Local Land Charges fees are set annually in accordance with council guidelines and having regard to the predicted actual costs of providing the service on a ‘cost-recovery’ basis

Local Land Charges Personal (Non Official) Searches

Anyone can carry out a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register. To search the Local Land Charges register go to our Online Local Land Charges Register

To learn how to navigate the Online Local Land Charges Register guidance notes are available via the download

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