Local Land Charges

When you buy a house or land, a local authority search and a search of the Land Charges Register needs to be made. They help you know if there are any special rules or problems with the property.

Who Does the Searches?

• Solicitors: These are lawyers who help with buying and selling property.
• Licensed Conveyancers: These are people who are trained to help with property transactions.
• Individuals: Sometimes, people do the searches themselves.

What Do the Searches Include?

They include information about the property or land relating to:

• Planning: Any rules about building or changing the property or land.
• Building Control: If the building meets regulations.
• Highways: Information about roads and paths near the property, nearby road schemes.
• Local Plan: Policies and rules for the area.
• Enforcement: Notices issued.
• Environmental Health: Contaminated land

Local Land Charges LLC1 searches in the South Kesteven area can be obtained through your portal account, Business Gateway and on GOV.UK. 

A Local Land Charge is a restriction or obligations imposed on land or property or a financial charge, which is binding on successive owners of occupiers of land or property.   

The word "charge" means any outstanding financial claims, restrictions, decisions or information which may affect a particular property or parcel of land.  

These include restrictions such as  

• Conditional Planning Application 
• Smoke Control Order 
• Enforcements 
• Tree Preservation Order 
• Conservation Areas 
• Listed Buildings  
• Road and Drainage Agreements 

The Council carries out CON29 enquiries which is made up of a list of prescribed questions covering matters such as listed below 

• Planning: Any rules about proposed development, restrictions and history of the site. 
• Building Control: If the building meets regulations. 
• Highways: Information about roads and paths near the property, nearby road schemes. 
• Local Plan: Policies and rules for the area. 
• Enforcement: Notices issued for unauthorised works.
• Environmental Health: Notices Issued - Contaminated land and health and safety matters.

There is an optional form called a CON29O (Optional) which contains a list of 19 different questions, which you may wish to have answered.  There is a fee for each question; details of the present fees can be viewed in the 'Land charges fees for 2025/26' bar below.

Local Land Charges – Search fees applicable from 1 April 2026 

Addition fees details  

Con29O Optional questions 

**The charges quoted above are the minimum charged, based on a standard timing. More complex queries taking longer to answer will incur a further charge based on an hourly rate of £54.90. Commercial fee will include hourly charge on top. 

Con29R Component Data – Fees from 1 April 2026  

Please contact Land charge searches – Lincolnshire County Council for Lincolnshire Highway questions. 

All Con29 fees include VAT (at the standard rate of 20%. 

To request a land charges search, please use 'contact us' link below.

Please note: The LLC1 and CON29 forms are not available from land charges but can be purchased from legal stationers and solicitors.

A plan is required based on the current Ordnance Survey detail, clearly showing the extent of the property you are searching against.

Please also submit an LLC1 and the relevant CON29 form and ensure a plan is attached.

We accept payment by cheque or card.

Card payments can be made online via our website at Pay for it | South Kesteven District Council, or by telephoning our Customer Service Centre on 01476 40 60 80.

BACS payments are also accepted.  Please email landcharges@southkesteven.gov.uk to request our payment details.

Cheques should be made payable to South Kesteven District Council and should be sent with your application forms. 

Please note: We will begin working on your search application once we receive confirmation of payment.

The CON29 enquiries are carried out by a team of experienced land charges staff who liaise with various internal departments, specialising in the aspects covered by the search enquiries. 

We will soon be launching a new, easy to use, online service to request a Con29 search.  As this is currently in development, we will publish further information on this when it becomes available.

Please note that we will soon be launching a new Public Access system, enabling customers to submit search requests and make payments online. Further details will be published on our website when the service goes live.

Drainage Enquiries

Drainage enquiries should be directed to the sewerage undertakers who are Anglian Water and Severn Trent. Both companies have websites.

Solicitors or conveyancers can set up an account and apply online.

For Anglian Water services apply to:

Geodesys Ltd

PO Box 485

Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire

PE29 6YB

Tel: 01480 323889

DX 123730

HUNTINGDON 6

Website http://www.geodesys.com/

For Severn Trent Water apply to:

Conveyancing Search Service

PO Box 6187

Nottingham NG5 1LE

Tel: 0115 9627269

Fax: 0115 9627132

DX 26205 Sherwood Rise

Website http://www.severntrentsearches.com

Highways Enquiries

Highways enquiries should by directed to:

Lincolnshire County Council

Highways Searches

Lincoln City Council

4th Floor

City Hall

Beaumont Fee

Lincoln

LN1 1DD

Tel: 01522 552222

Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk