Guidance

HM Land Registry: Local Land Charges Programme

We are working with local authorities to create a national local land charges service that will speed up searches and reduce their cost.

From:
HM Land Registry
Published
1 March 2018
Last updated
257 JulyAugust 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Local Land Charges Programme

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Guidance for originating authorities

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New burdens information

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Accounting Officer Assessment: Local Land Charges Programme

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Local land charges software suppliers

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Testimonials

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Details

Local land charges searches are normally required in the property-buying process. Most local land charges are restrictions or prohibitions on the use of the property. The local land charges search will reveal whether a property is subject to a charge if that charge has been registered. The property will be subject to it regardless of whether it is registered or not. Other searches will need to be conducted to determine whether a property has an obligation on it.

Responsibility for the registers held by English and Welsh local authorities transferred to HM Land Registry under the Infrastructure Act 2015.

Search for local land charges

You can find out more about search results.

Use our service Search for local land charges to search for restrictions (local land charges) on land or property.

You can find out about Local Land Charges fees and details about the service in our local land charges guide.

Originating authority names

You can use this list to check which originating authority names will be accepted onto the register when registering new charges. Previous names are recognised as valid, but cannot be used for new registrations.

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2018
Last updated 257 JulyAugust 2024 + show all updates

  1. Rugby Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 5 September 2024.

  2. We have updated the list of originating authority names.

  3. 'New burdens information' has been amended as a result of the change of name from DLUHC to MHCLG.

  4. Broxbourne Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 August 2024.

  5. Medway Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 July 2024.

  6. Updated information about local land charges software suppliers.

  7. South Gloucestershire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 July 2024.

  8. North Lincolnshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 31 May 2024.

  9. Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and West Berkshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2024.

  10. Broxtowe Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2024.

  11. Wakefield Metropolitan District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 22 April 2024. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council will join on 24 April 2024.

  12. Wyre Forest District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 April 2024.

  13. London Borough of Bexley will join the Local Land Charges Register on 17 April 2024.

  14. Gedling Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 March 2024.

  15. Woking Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 March 2024.

  16. Hastings Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 March 2024.

  17. Bedford Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 March 2024.

  18. North Hertfordshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 22 January 2024.

  19. Boston Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 8 January 2024.

  20. Leeds City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 8 January 2024.

  21. Added information about local land charges software suppliers and East Devon District Council joining the Local Land Charges Register on 4 January 2024.

  22. We have updated our contact information for the Local Land Charges Programme.

  23. Section 4.2.4 of the Guidance for originating authorities has been amended following clarification from NEC on how their software deals with dates.

  24. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 October 2023.

  25. Blaby District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 16 October 2023.

  26. Mid Devon District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 October 2023.

  27. Bassetlaw District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 September 2023.

  28. New section 4.7 added to Guidance for origination authorities that deals with conservation covenants.

  29. Bristol City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 20 July 2023.

  30. Caerphilly County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 11 July 2023.

  31. Added information about data protection to the Guidance for originating authorities document.

  32. Torfaen County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 May 2023.

  33. We have clarified that only conditional planning permissions, rather than all planning permissions, are local land charges.

  34. Added guidance for originating authorities, testimonials and a link to the local land charges searches page.

  35. Burnley Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 April 2023.

  36. Epping Forest District Council and High Peak Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2023.

  37. Kingston-upon-Hull City Council and Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 24 April 2023.

  38. Craven District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 March 2023.

  39. West Lindsey District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 April 2023.

  40. West Oxfordshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 13 April 2023.

  41. Ryedale District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 March 2023 and Harrogate Borough Council will join on 28 March 2023.

  42. Pembrokeshire County Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 3 April 2023.

  43. Salford City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 31 March 2023.

  44. Chelmsford City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 March 2023.

  45. Halton Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 16 March 2023.

  46. Selby District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 14 March 2023.

  47. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 16 January 2023 and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council will join on 23 January 2023.

  48. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 January 2023.

  49. City of Wolverhampton Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 January 2023.

  50. Malvern Hills District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 January 2023.

  51. Rutland County Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 December 2022.

  52. East Cambridgeshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 5 December 2022.

  53. London Borough of Wandsworth will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 November 2022.

  54. Richmondshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 October 2022.

  55. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 October 2022.

  56. Fenland District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 6 September 2022 and has been added to the list of local authorities. We have also clarified that HM Land Registry rather than the Welsh Government will now make burdens payments to Welsh local authorities.

  57. Cheltenham Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 September 2022.

  58. London Borough of Enfield will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 August 2022.

  59. South Staffordshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 11 August 2022.

  60. We have updated our list of originating authoritiies.

  61. North West Leicestershire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 July 2022.

  62. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 July 2022.

  63. West Suffolk Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 July 2022.

  64. Bury Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 14 July 2022.

  65. South Norfolk District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 22 June 2022.

  66. Update to the New burdens information page.

  67. Harborough District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 29 April 2022 and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council will join on 2 May 2022.

  68. Portsmouth City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 April 2022.

  69. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2022 and Isle of Wight Council will join on 27 April 2022.

  70. City and County of Swansea Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 April 2022.

  71. City of Lincoln Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 20 April 2022.

  72. Mid Sussex District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 March 2022.

  73. Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 20 January 2022.

  74. Plymouth City Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 7 January 2022.

  75. Sutton Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 7 January 2022.

  76. North Kesteven District Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 16 December 2021.

  77. Haringey Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 20 December 2021.

  78. Scarborough Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 29 November 2021.

  79. Pendle Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 November 2021.

  80. Hambleton District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 October 2021.

  81. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 October 2021.

  82. Newark and Sherwood District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 October 2021.

  83. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 October 2021.

  84. Redditch Borough Council and Bromsgrove District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 13 October 2021.

  85. We have added Arcus Global to the list of our programme partners.

  86. We have added Cyient Europe and Landmark Information Group to the list of our programme partners.

  87. We have amended the date Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is joining the Local Land Charges Register from 21 July 2021 to 19 July 2021.

  88. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 July 2021.

  89. Added a link to the Local Land Charges Migration Hub from the Local Land Charges Programme page.

  90. Welsh local authorities can transfer their Local Land Charges (LLC) services to HM Land Registry’s national register from 1 April 2021.

  91. Sevenoaks District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 April 2021.

  92. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 May 2021.

  93. Stratford-on-Avon District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 May 2021.

  94. Spelthorne Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 23 April 2021.

  95. Added Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to the list of local authorities that have joined the Local Land Charges Register.

  96. Replaced TerraQuest with Northgate in the list of our programme partners.

  97. Kainos has been removed from the 'Our partners' section of the 'Local Land Charges Programme' document.

  98. Milton Keynes Council added to the list of local authorities transferring their data.

  99. Added East Lindsesy District Council to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.

  100. Carlisle City Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.

  101. We have added new information about live service burdens.

  102. Watford Borough Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.

  103. Peterborough City Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.

  104. We've added a video about how the Data Analysis Dashboard tool works to the Local Land Charges Programme guide.

  105. Lambeth Council added to the local authorities list on local land charges programme.

  106. We added a section headed Data preparation about our free Data Analysis Dashboard tool for local authorities.

  107. Searching for local land charges video added to Local Land Charges Programme guidance.

  108. Notice was served to Norwich on 24 June to transfer on 11 July 2019.

  109. Local authority table updated to show the local authorities that have transferred their local land charges data to HM Land Registry’s digital service.

  110. Conditions of use document added.

  111. Video guide added to the Local Land Charges Programme document. Following local authority reorganisations on 1 April 2019, there are now 316 local authorities in England rather than 326.

  112. Local Land Charges data transfer date for the Council of the Isles of Scilly - 17 January 2019 - added.

  113. Added Accounting Officer Memorandum document

  114. Local Land Charges data transfer date for Blackpool Council - 20 November 2018 - added.

  115. Information about the new burdens added and partners list updated.

  116. Local Land Charges data transfer date for City of London Corporation - 8 October 2018 - added.

  117. Ten local authorities added to the list of local authorities that will transfer their local land charges data to HM Land Registry.

  118. Local Land Charges data transfer date for Liverpool City Council - 3 September 2018 - added.

  119. We have amended our information in the Local Land Charges Programme document to clarify what the new Local Land Charges service will provide.

  120. Links to our Local Land Charges practice guide (PG79) and to our Local Land Charges fees guide added.

  121. Transfer date for Warwick District Council - 11 July 2018 - added.

  122. We’ve added a list of the features of the new Local Land Charges (LLC) official search, named the local authorities who will be migrating their LLC data over to HM Land Registry over the summer and added a video which provides an overview of the new LLC service that HM Land Registry will be providing.

  123. First published.

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