Local Land Charges

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.

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 2020

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 – £73.00
• CON29R Residential (Inc Vat) – £123.00
• LLC1 and CON29R Residential – £196.00
• LLC1 (Registers Only ) Commercial – £95.00
• CON29R Commercial – £162.00
• LLC1 and CON29R Commercial  – £257.00
• CON29O Optional enquiries 5 – 21 – £16.80
• CON29O enquiry 22 – £42.00
• Additional Enquiries – £33.60
• Additional Parcels of Land – £32.00
• LLC1 only – £14.00
• Con29 only – £18.00

Pay online

To pay any local land charges fees please use our online payment form.

Electronic searches

We can receive and return Local Search requisitions electronically. Please contact us to sign up to our direct online ordering service – ‘OcellaWeb’

We accept searches via:

• National Land Information Service  
• TM SearchChoice .

There are no additional charges for receiving search responses electronically.

We can also return any search response electronically via email – please contact the team to arrange.

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 Portal.

To learn how to navigate the Online portal guidance notes are available via the download

Obtaining Con29 Data under Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 (EIR) 

Please see our guide for obtaining Con29R data under EIR.

Local Land Charges Performance and Service Status

August 2018

Status

Comments

Local Authority Searches being returned within 8-10 working Days

Being Achieved

Personal Search Online Access to Local Land Charges Portal

No Issues

IT/ System Issues

No Issues

Local Land Charges Performance and Service Status August 2018

Comments

Local Authority Searches being returned within 8-10 working Days

Being Achieved

Personal Search Online Access to Local Land Charges Portal

No Issues

IT/ System Issues

No Issues

We now only accept Local Authority searches on the new Con29 forms.