Local land charge searches
Each property and piece of land has potential legal constraints or documentation attached, for example Conditional Planning Approvals, TPO’s, Enforcement Notices. All this information is recorded and held within a Land Charge register.
Searches of the register are carried out for a variety of reasons including when a purchaser is interested in buying a property or a piece of land. The purpose of a search is to show any relevant entries on the register and any financial claims, planning permissions, building control applications and other council decision or restrictions that affect the property or parcel of land.
How to request a Local Search from us
By Email
Submit search requests by email to land.charges@cumberland.gov.uk with a clear description of the property and an OS based plan with the property/land clearly outlined.
Speak to one of our customer service advisors on 0300 373 3730 who can take payment in advance of submitting your request.
By post
Complete the relevant forms for the type of search you want. These are usually provided by your solicitor or agent.
Include an Ordnance Survey plan clearly marking the location of the property or land to be searched.
Send this to our offices in Workington for the attention of the Land Charge section.
Speak to one of our customer service advisors on 0303 123 1702 who can take payment in advance of submitting your request.
NLIS, Info Track,TMG
We are able to accept electronic searches through third party portals if you have access to these.
Official Local Land Charge Searches
The Local Land Charges search may be made up of three parts: LLC1, CON29R and CON29O enquiries. These can be submitted individually or altogether depending on the information required.
LLC1 - The Official Certificate of Search Form
This deals with all the registerable charges, for example financial charges, improvement grants, tree preservation orders and conditional planning consents.
CON29R
This deals with the Planning and Building Control history of the property and piece of land, the status of the roads, notices issued by the Local Authority and also Radon Gas Assessments.
CON29O
Optional enquiries. These can include:
- Q.4. Road proposals by private bodies
- Q.5 Advertisements
- Q.6 Completion Notices
- Q.7 Parks and Countryside
- Q.8 Pipelines
- Q.9 Houses in multiple occupation
- Q.10 Noise abatement
- Q.11 Urban Development areas
- Q.12 Enterprise Zones, Local Development Orders and BIDS
- Q.13 Inner Urban Improvement areas
- Q.14 Simplified planning zones
- Q.15 Land maintenance notices
- Q.16 Mineral consultation areas and safeguarding areas
- Q.17 Hazardous substance consents
- Q.18 Environmental and pollution notices
- Q.19 Food safety notices
- Q.20 Hedgerow notices
- Q.21 Flood Defence and Land Drainage Consents
- Q.22 Common Land and town or village green
How long you will have to wait for your Local Search to be completed
We normally respond to a land charge search within 10 working days. This can be longer if CON29O questions or additional questions are asked as we will have to go to relevant services and external partner organisations for the information.
It is therefore always best to get your search into us as soon as possible.
If a search is needed urgently, please email us: land.charges@cumberland.gov.uk
Land charges fees and charges 2025 to 2026
| Search | Fee | VAT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC1 only (Former Allerdale and Copeland only) | £25.30 | £0 | £25.30 |
| LLC1 additional parcel of land (Former Allerdale and Copeland only) | £6.10 | £0 | £6.10 |
| CON29R only | £98.35 | £19.67 | £118.02 |
| CON29R additional parcel of land | £15.10 | £3.02 | £18.12 |
| CON29R only – Commercial properties – One parcel of land (Carlisle only) | £138.00 | £27.60 | £165.60 |
| CON29R only – Commercial properties - additional parcel of land (Carlisle only) | £28.25 | £5.65 | £33.90 |
| CON29O Questions 4 to 21 | £20.00 | £4.00 | £24.00 |
| CON29O Question 22 | £31.60 | £6.32 | £37.92 |
| Property in Lake District National Park | £32.17 | £6.43 | £38.60 |
| Additional enquiry submitted with search by solicitor | £16.17 | £3.23 | £19.40 |
A Lake District National Park Fee may also apply to LCC1, CON29O Questions 4 to 21 and CON29R.
| Light obstruction | Fee | VAT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration of a light obstruction notice plus any applicable registration | £31.25 | £6.25 | £37.50 |
| Filing a Lands Tribunal light obstruction certificate | £31.25 | £6.25 | £37.50 |
| Variation or cancellation of a light obstruction notice | £31.25 | £6.25 | £37.50 |
| Inspection of documents relating to a light obstruction notice | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other charges | Fee | VAT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy of Land Charge documents, for example - S106, TPOs | £23.33 | £4.67 | £28.00 |
| Each printed enquiry – Urban | £14.08 | £2.82 | £16.90 |
| Each printed enquiry – Rural | £14.08 | £2.82 | £16.90 |
| Each additional enquiry | £14.08 | £2.82 | £16.90 |
Personal Searches
The majority of searches are carried out through solicitors, however any individual can search the Land Charges Register using our online mapping service for free.
For further information requests must be sent to the department in which the original information is held. for example - Building Control, Housing, Environmental Health.
Any properties falling within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park must obtain the planning information from the Lake District National Park Authority.
How to do your own search
To access a property or piece of land information:
Use the online mapping service
Our Land Charge layers are not currently showing up to date records on the mapping service, we are in the process of updating these. For any Land Charge Register enquiries please contact land.charges@cumberland.gov.uk.