Local land charges search

Publicly available land search details

We have compiled the elements of the service that are publicly available for agents to access directly online.

This includes:

• conservation area details
• asset of community value details
• listed building registrations
• planning appeals
• article 4 directions (conservation areas):
  • De Beauvoir CA (since 2008)
  • St Marks’s CA (since 2008)
  • Shacklewell Green CA
  • article 4 directions (policy)
• smoke control orders

The elements below are all available on our new planning portal:

• planning permissions (applications decided before 25 June 2020 and applications received after 1 October 2020)
• approval of details (applications decided before 25 June 2020 and applications received after 1 October 2020)
• listed building approval (applications decided before 25 June 2020 and applications received after 1 October 2020)
• conservation approvals (applications decided before 25 June 2020 and applications received after 1 October 2020)
• material amendments (applications decided before 25 June 2020 and applications received after 1 October 2020)
• some section 106 agreements
• some deed of variations details

Local land charges register

The information is held in the local land charges register. To do an inspection of the register, form LLC1 and form CON29 need to be submitted. This type of search is called an official search.

Submitting applications

Searches are often submitted by solicitors on behalf of their clients but individuals can also submit independent applications. These can be obtained at a fee from solicitors’ offices or electronically from Shaw and Sons.

Shaw and Sons:

• form LLC1 – Shaw and Sons
• form CON29 – Shaw and Sons

Each application needs to have an up to date Ordnance Survey plan/map attached to it indicating precisely the extent of the land being searched.

Search applications are in three parts:

• LLC1 register
• Part 1 CON29 supplementary enquiries
• Part 2 CON29 supplementary enquiries

The most common is the combined LLC1 and Part 1 CON29 search. This is comprehensive with detailed responses to all supplementary the Part 1 CON29 enquiries. This information is only available through this type of search carried out by the local authority.

You must submit all applications in duplicate. Send your applications to searchapplications@hackney.gov.uk.

For land registry see the Land Registry.

Pay for CON29 or LLC1

Pay for CON29

Pay for LLC1

Fees and charges

We collect information from various departments in the Council and provide information of charges held on all properties within our jurisdiction. The information is mainly provided for purposes of conveyancing in the business of buying, selling and re-mortgaging property.

A charge refers to a burden on the land on which the property is situated. They are restrictive and/or financial and are passed onto successive owners. Among the various charges are:

• planning decisions
• enforcement notices
• planning agreements
• restrictive covenants
• tree preservation orders
• conservation areas and listed buildings notices
• dangerous structure notices
• environmental health notices
• light obstruction notices

Personal search

Members of the public and search agents can conduct personal searches.

It must be stressed that on this type of search the council will not issue the applicant with an official search certificate or advise on how a personal search is conducted. All the work will be required to be done by the applicant themselves.

Parking permits

The Council has a long-standing policy of car-free development. If you’re buying a new property or a property built in 2000 or later, your eligibility for a parking permit may be restricted through an S106 agreement. Check if you’re eligible for a permit.

If you’re buying a property and are in any doubt about eligibility you’re encouraged to raise this with your seller. Please note that no exemption can be made to the parking restrictions.