Our local land charges service is essential for people
buying homes, businesses and land in North Somerset.
The current turnaround time for our searches is 3-5
working days.
If you're buying a property or piece of land in
North Somerset your solicitor will contact our
local land charges team to arrange the search for you.
Local land charges searches
You can find out about our local land charges service by reading
our
FAQs.
Complete our
local land charges online search order form to order
a search.
Common land and village green searches
We carry out common land and village green searches as part of
the conveyancing process when you are buying a property or land.
The information is available under question 22 of the Con29R form
on the Oyez Professional
Services website or select optional enquiry 22 on our
search order form (pdf, Aug
11, 85KB).
You must include an ordnance survey plan with your search
application. You can download forms from the
website.
Fees and charges
Our
fees and charges tell you how much each search costs.
Where are we?
If you make an appointment to see us, we are based at
Castlewood, Clevedon.
Statement of searches and income
You can download our
statement of searches and income for 2010-11
(pdf, Sep 11, 51KB).
Personal search
A personal search is a search of the local land charges register
and does not include information from the Con29.
A personal search is not certified by a local authority and any
compensation claim to inaccurate information has to be made through
the Personal Search Company that completed the search.
The local land charges register and public register information
is available to view for free at Castlewood reception,
Clevedon. Further information for the Con29 can be requested
by contacting the departments.
Following the recent announcement from Defra that charging a fee
for a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register is
incompatible with the Environmental Information Regulations
2004(EIRs) and the underlying 2003 EU Directive, the government has
revoked the current £22 fee by amending the Local Land Charges
Rules 1977.
Please see links below:
For more information contact our
local land
charges team.
