Local land charges
Support following PWC Building Control Ltd Liquidation
We are supporting residents following the liquidation of PWC Building Control Services Ltd, which had been providing building control services across the East Midlands, including from a Towcester-based office.
With PWC Building Control Services Ltd placed into voluntary liquidation, We are ready to assist residents and ensure projects remain compliant with building regulations. Many projects previously under their supervision can now transition to WNC-trusted Building Control services, which are staffed by professionally qualified and experienced surveyors.
Building control is vital for ensuring the safety and quality of construction work, and we continue to offer reliable, cost-effective services. While residents have always had the option to use private services, our Building Control team is on hand to support affected residents, and is doing this initially through clearly explaining the options for former PWC customers.
Although the sudden closure of PWC Building Control is going to have significantly concerned their customers, we will do our best to help those affected. We are currently writing to all PWC customers to set out their options, where former PWC customers choose to submit reversion applications we will do our best to determine these as quickly as staff resources allow.
While we are committed to managing this increased workload as efficiently as possible, ensuring residents receive the highest level of service and support, nonetheless we know that many people will experience a delay.
We are committed to minimising disruption for affected residents as far as resources allow, and are here to provide expert guidance and assistance through every step of the building control process.
When you buy a house or land your solicitor will usually go through a number of checks to make sure there are no problems that would restrict use or could result in a charge being directed at you as the owner of the property.
As part of one of these checks it is common practice to have a local land charges search undertaken. Local authority searches are carried out by your solicitor on your behalf, as part of the Conveyancing process however, anyone can carry out what is known as a Personal search but this is restricted to the search of only the land charges register.
Depending on what questions have been asked, the local land charges search will, among other things, identify:
- the planning history of the site
- any planning policies which affect the site
- environmental issues affecting the site (for example, flood plains and radon gas areas)
- building regulations
- status of the abutting highway/road
How to submit requests
Email search request forms (LLC1 and CON29R) to:
- Daventry area: [email protected]
- Northampton area: [email protected]
- South area: [email protected]
Payment methods
Payment is accepted by BACS details or by Debit or Credit card. Please email the relevant area above for details.
We are currently working within 10 working days turnaround times.
Search requirements
- LLC1 and CON29 2007 forms x2: The Law Society holds the copyright to form CON29
- Available from, Oyez Forms: OneAdvanced, LexisNexis Smart Forms, Peapod Legal Office
- Available from Shaw & Sons Ltd: FormEvo
- 2 copies of an up-to-date plan clearly showing the property extent
Fees 2024/25
| Service | Cost |
|---|---|
| Residential fee CON29R and LLC1 | £151.70 |
| Residential fee CON29R only | £114.30 |
| Commercial fee CON29R and LLC1 | £183.50 |
| Commercial fee CON29R only | £146.10 |
| Additional parcel CON29 | £20 |
| Additional parcel fee LLC1 | £1.80 |
| LLC1 only | £37.40 |
| CON29O excluding Question 4 and 22 | £17.50 each |
| CON29O Question 4 | £18.90 |
| CON29O Question 22 | £22 |
| CON29AE Own worded | £33.30 |
All fees include VAT excluding LLC1 fees which are VAT exempt.
Personal searches
Personal search is a search of the public registers by a search company or an individual - this is restricted to a search of the register only and does not include CON29 information. Personal searches are free of charge.
How to request a personal search
We will require the following information
- Search address details, the locality, and the enquirer’s details including telephone number or email address. Please clearly state the locality for example; 10 High Street Northamptonshire, should specify which locality in Northamptonshire e.g. Towcester, Northampton, Daventry. etc
- Two up-to date plans. The extent of the property should be clearly marked to ensure the results are correct. The address details given should match the plan supplied. If plans are outdated or the search area is not clearly marked your search may be rejected. If you're unsure about the number of parcels please contact us.
Please email requests to:
- Daventry area: [email protected]
- Northampton area: [email protected]
- South area: [email protected]
You have the the right to access environmental information held by us, to do so see Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests.
For requests about
- Common land and town and village greens
- Public rights of way register
- Publicly adopted Highways
Please contact Northamptonshire Highways, One Angel Square, Angel Street, Northampton NN1 1ED or email [email protected].
Last updated 21 August 2024