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.
Applies to England and Wales
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
1630 JuneJuly 2025
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30 July 2025
Vale of Glamorgan Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 August 2025.
25 July 2025
Canterbury City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 August 2025.
30 June 2025
Ashfield District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 August 2025.
16 June 2025
Southwark Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 14 July 2025.
9 June 2025
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 7 July 2025.
31 March 2025
East Hertfordshire District Council, Tandridge District Council, Three Rivers District Council and York City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 April 2025, and Wychavon District Council will join on 12 May 2025.
28 March 2025
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2025.
26 March 2025
Dover District Council, South Kesteven District Council, Tewkesbury Borough Council and Uttlesford District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 23 April 2025.
24 March 2025
Lewes District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 30 April 2025.
20 March 2025
Rushcliffe Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 17 April 2025.
18 March 2025
Thurrock Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 April 2025.
17 March 2025
West Devon Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 April 2025.
6 February 2025
South Hams District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 April 2025.
4 February 2025
Torridge District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 4 March 2025.
28 January 2025
Carmarthenshire County Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 February 2025.
23 January 2025
Bridgend County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 20 February 2025.
13 January 2025
Worcester City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 February 2025.
19 December 2024
Runnymede Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 17 January 2025.
1 November 2024
On the page, 'Local Land Charges Programme', we have added Section 2, 'Local land charges migration'. On the page, 'Guidance for originating authorities', we have added section 3.2, 'Guidance on registering missing other originating authority charges'.
29 October 2024
London Borough of Harrow will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 November 2024.
8 October 2024
Maldon District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 5 November 2024.
30 September 2024
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 October 2024.
11 September 2024
Gravesham Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 9 October 2024.
7 August 2024
Rugby Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 5 September 2024.
25 July 2024
We have updated the list of originating authority names.
19 July 2024
'New burdens information' has been amended as a result of the change of name from DLUHC to MHCLG.
27 June 2024
Broxbourne Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 August 2024.
7 June 2024
Medway Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 July 2024.
5 June 2024
Updated information about local land charges software suppliers.
31 May 2024
South Gloucestershire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 July 2024.
19 April 2024
North Lincolnshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 31 May 2024.
28 March 2024
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and West Berkshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2024.
27 March 2024
Broxtowe Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2024.
25 March 2024
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.
22 March 2024
Wyre Forest District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 April 2024.
21 March 2024
London Borough of Bexley will join the Local Land Charges Register on 17 April 2024.
28 February 2024
Gedling Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 March 2024.
23 February 2024
Woking Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 March 2024.
19 February 2024
Hastings Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 March 2024.
12 February 2024
Bedford Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 March 2024.
11 December 2023
North Hertfordshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 22 January 2024.
11 December 2023
Boston Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 8 January 2024.
4 December 2023
Leeds City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 8 January 2024.
30 November 2023
Added information about local land charges software suppliers and East Devon District Council joining the Local Land Charges Register on 4 January 2024.
25 October 2023
We have updated our contact information for the Local Land Charges Programme.
2 October 2023
Section 4.2.4 of the Guidance for originating authorities has been amended following clarification from NEC on how their software deals with dates.
21 September 2023
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 19 October 2023.
18 September 2023
Blaby District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 16 October 2023.
12 September 2023
Mid Devon District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 October 2023.
24 August 2023
Bassetlaw District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 September 2023.
24 July 2023
New section 4.7 added to Guidance for origination authorities that deals with conservation covenants.
26 June 2023
Bristol City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 20 July 2023.
16 June 2023
Caerphilly County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 11 July 2023.
11 May 2023
Added information about data protection to the Guidance for originating authorities document.
11 April 2023
Torfaen County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 May 2023.
3 April 2023
We have clarified that only conditional planning permissions, rather than all planning permissions, are local land charges.
3 April 2023
Added guidance for originating authorities, testimonials and a link to the local land charges searches page.
31 March 2023
Burnley Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 April 2023.
28 March 2023
Epping Forest District Council and High Peak Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 25 April 2023.
27 March 2023
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council and Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 24 April 2023.
21 March 2023
Craven District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 March 2023.
20 March 2023
West Lindsey District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 April 2023.
16 March 2023
West Oxfordshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 13 April 2023.
8 March 2023
Ryedale District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 March 2023 and Harrogate Borough Council will join on 28 March 2023.
6 March 2023
Pembrokeshire County Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 3 April 2023.
2 March 2023
Salford City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 31 March 2023.
28 February 2023
Chelmsford City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 March 2023.
16 February 2023
Halton Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 16 March 2023.
14 February 2023
Selby District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 14 March 2023.
19 December 2022
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.
16 December 2022
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 January 2023.
14 December 2022
City of Wolverhampton Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 January 2023.
12 December 2022
Malvern Hills District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 January 2023.
14 November 2022
Rutland County Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 December 2022.
7 November 2022
East Cambridgeshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 5 December 2022.
18 October 2022
London Borough of Wandsworth will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 November 2022.
30 September 2022
Richmondshire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 October 2022.
20 September 2022
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 12 October 2022.
8 August 2022
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.
4 August 2022
Cheltenham Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 1 September 2022.
18 July 2022
London Borough of Enfield will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 August 2022.
11 July 2022
South Staffordshire Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 11 August 2022.
8 July 2022
We have updated our list of originating authoritiies.
30 June 2022
North West Leicestershire District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 July 2022.
30 June 2022
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 July 2022.
22 June 2022
West Suffolk Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 July 2022.
15 June 2022
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 14 July 2022.
23 May 2022
South Norfolk District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 22 June 2022.
28 April 2022
Update to the New burdens information page.
31 March 2022
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.
31 March 2022
Portsmouth City Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 April 2022.
30 March 2022
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.
28 March 2022
City and County of Swansea Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 27 April 2022.
23 March 2022
City of Lincoln Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 20 April 2022.
21 February 2022
Mid Sussex District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 March 2022.
16 December 2021
Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 20 January 2022.
8 December 2021
Plymouth City Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 7 January 2022.
1 December 2021
Sutton Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 7 January 2022.
23 November 2021
North Kesteven District Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 16 December 2021.
23 November 2021
Haringey Council will join the Local Land Charges Programme on 20 December 2021.
28 October 2021
Scarborough Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 29 November 2021.
18 October 2021
Pendle Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 15 November 2021.
30 September 2021
Hambleton District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 October 2021.
29 September 2021
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 October 2021.
28 September 2021
Newark and Sherwood District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 October 2021.
20 September 2021
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 18 October 2021.
14 September 2021
Redditch Borough Council and Bromsgrove District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 13 October 2021.
23 July 2021
We have added Arcus Global to the list of our programme partners.
22 July 2021
We have added Cyient Europe and Landmark Information Group to the list of our programme partners.
22 June 2021
We have amended the date Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is joining the Local Land Charges Register from 21 July 2021 to 19 July 2021.
21 June 2021
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 21 July 2021.
7 May 2021
Added a link to the Local Land Charges Migration Hub from the Local Land Charges Programme page.
28 April 2021
Welsh local authorities can transfer their Local Land Charges (LLC) services to HM Land Registry’s national register from 1 April 2021.
1 April 2021
Sevenoaks District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 28 April 2021.
31 March 2021
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 26 May 2021.
29 March 2021
Stratford-on-Avon District Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 10 May 2021.
26 March 2021
Spelthorne Borough Council will join the Local Land Charges Register on 23 April 2021.
10 March 2021
Added Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to the list of local authorities that have joined the Local Land Charges Register.
25 September 2020
Replaced TerraQuest with Northgate in the list of our programme partners.
24 August 2020
Kainos has been removed from the 'Our partners' section of the 'Local Land Charges Programme' document.
30 July 2020
Milton Keynes Council added to the list of local authorities transferring their data.
29 May 2020
Added East Lindsesy District Council to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.
24 March 2020
Carlisle City Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.
12 February 2020
We have added new information about live service burdens.
9 January 2020
Watford Borough Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.
6 January 2020
Peterborough City Council added to the list of local authorities with a transfer date for their local land charges data.
21 November 2019
We've added a video about how the Data Analysis Dashboard tool works to the Local Land Charges Programme guide.
5 September 2019
Lambeth Council added to the local authorities list on local land charges programme.
7 August 2019
We added a section headed Data preparation about our free Data Analysis Dashboard tool for local authorities.
8 July 2019
Searching for local land charges video added to Local Land Charges Programme guidance.
24 June 2019
Notice was served to Norwich on 24 June to transfer on 11 July 2019.
21 June 2019
Local authority table updated to show the local authorities that have transferred their local land charges data to HM Land Registry’s digital service.
16 May 2019
Conditions of use document added.
12 April 2019
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.
21 December 2018
Local Land Charges data transfer date for the Council of the Isles of Scilly - 17 January 2019 - added.
5 December 2018
Added Accounting Officer Memorandum document
31 October 2018
Local Land Charges data transfer date for Blackpool Council - 20 November 2018 - added.
14 September 2018
Information about the new burdens added and partners list updated.
11 September 2018
Local Land Charges data transfer date for City of London Corporation - 8 October 2018 - added.
22 August 2018
Ten local authorities added to the list of local authorities that will transfer their local land charges data to HM Land Registry.
6 August 2018
Local Land Charges data transfer date for Liverpool City Council - 3 September 2018 - added.
10 July 2018
We have amended our information in the Local Land Charges Programme document to clarify what the new Local Land Charges service will provide.
18 June 2018
Links to our Local Land Charges practice guide (PG79) and to our Local Land Charges fees guide added.
13 June 2018
Transfer date for Warwick District Council - 11 July 2018 - added.
8 June 2018
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.
1 March 2018
First published.