Guide to Personal Inspections of Land Charges Register

Times
Between 10am and 4 pm Monday to Friday effective from 1st August 2010.

Bookings
By telephoning Customer Services on 01276 707305 or emailing landcharges@surreyheath.gov.uk before 12 noon on the day preceding the date of search, subject to availability.

If additional information to complete CON29R is required as formulated data prepared by Land Charges, this must be included in your appointment booking.

A plan must be emailed by 1pm on the day preceding the search to landcharges@surreyheath.gov.uk. If no plan is received by this time the personal search may not be carried out on that day.

Payment
Please state at the time of booking if there are additional questions. Fees are payable by cheque/card or cash at Customer Services on the Ground Floor of Surrey Heath House or by credit card when booking the search by phone.

The Land Charges Register is held on computer. Each individual agency will have a login and password to access their Personal Searches through 2 terminals in the Contact Centre. All employees of an agency will use the same login and password. The Personal Searcher will only be able to view their agencies searches for that day. Personal Searchers will not be able to view anybody else's searches. Printouts will not be available so Personal Searchers must be equipped to write down the information they require.

Public Registers
A Personal Searcher or any member of the public is entitled to inspect:

Register of Public Sewer Maps *
Maps of Public Rights of Way *
Register of Streets maintained at public expense is held in Land Charges

NB: These Registers are not owned or maintained by Surrey Heath Borough Council. Enquiries should be made of the appropriate agency.

(The Registers listed below can be found at Customer services at Surrey Heath Borough Council).

• Register of Litter Control Areas
• Register of Houses in Multiple Occupation
• Noise Abatement Zones (None in Surrey Heath Borough Council)
• Register of Contaminated Land (None in Surrey Heath Borough Council)Register of Enforcement Notices, Stop Notices and Breach of Conditions Notices.
• Register of Hazardous Substances Consents
• Register of Ancient Hedgerows (None in Surrey Heath Borough Council)
• Local Plan

 

Local Authorities (England)(Charges for Property Searches) Regulations 2008

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Email/Fax Service
If you wish to use this service instead of visiting our offices to inspect the Land Charges Register. We wil email or fax as search to you, on the day of your appointment for a fee of £22, we will include the Refined Data for CON29R at costs listed below. All fees must be paid in advance.

The below charges, apply for refined data, prepared by Land Charges for each requested property.

Key to requirement	Cost (From 1 April 2011)
1.1 F - H	£13.00
3.7 except (e)	£6.50
3.8	£6.50
3.9	£9.50
3.11	£6.50
3.12	£6.50

The above charges apply to each property/parcel of land.

This Local Authority does not hold data in an unrefined state and can only be viewed in a refined format due to the Computer System we have and Licensing implications.

Requests for these replies must be made at the time of booking the Personal Search appointment.

Highways related matters are the responsibility of Surrey County Council and no replies given by Surrey Heath Borough Council will include any matters pertaining to highways.

Highways enquiries should be referred to Surrey County Council, Highways Information Team Tel: 020 8541 8924.

Comments should be directed to Land Charges Manager.

• Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)