Surrey Heath’s Local Land Charges service has joined the national digital register, making buying a property quicker and simpler.
As part of our digital transformation, we have worked with HM Land Registry to transfer our local land charges (LLC) service to their national digital register. The LLC Register allows users to search information online instantly, enabling buying decisions to be made earlier in the conveyancing process.
Most property purchases require LLC searches to be carried out – LLCs are restrictions or prohibitions on the use of property or land, such as planning permissions or listed building status. A search of the national register will reveal whether a property is subject to a charge, and allow the buyer to make an informed decision about the purchase.
This move to the new digital register is the result of many months’ work by the council’s Land Charges team in collaboration with HM Land Registry, and aims to make property transactions quicker, simpler and cheaper.
Anyone can access the register’s Search for local land charges service. Business customers can also access it through their portal account or Business Gateway.
Surrey Heath Borough Council will continue to manage CON29 enquiries and customer responses, as this element of the register has not transferred to HM Land Registry.
For more information on the LLC digital register visit the government’s Local Land Charges programme webpage.