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Land Charges
What are Land Charges?
If you are planning to buy or lease a property you will need to know whether there are any issues of concern, such as plans for a motorway at the bottom of your garden or outstanding Notices requiring you to remedy an earlier wrong doing.
In this context the word "charge" means any outstanding financial claim, restriction, decision or information which may affect a particular property or parcel of land. These include charges for such services as roads, restrictions such as tree preservation orders and conditions imposed on planning permissions, conservation areas, legal agreements and listed buildings.
The Council, by law, must keep a Land Charges Register. The register records relevant information on every property / parcel of land within the borough. It is updated daily and contains information on planning permissions, highway status/proposals, conservation area designation, tree preservation orders, enforcement notices, improvement grants, management orders, and Financial Charges.
Component Data Requests
As of 6 April 2009 personal search companies' transitional insurance provision is being removed by the Government. To facilitate this Land Charges will be acting as a one stop shop so that personal search companies will be able to obtain CON29 component data. Please see our Personal Search page for further details
How long does a Local Authority Search take and how much does it cost ?
On average it takes four-eight
working days to process a standard search.
The Council's fee for a Standard Search (LLC1 and CON29R) is currently £75.00
Please see our Fees and Charges page for further details.
Contact Details
Local Land Charges Team
Council
House (Room 18)
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR
Tel: (024) 7683 3059
Fax: (024) 7683 3204
e-mail
: landcharges@coventry.gov.uk
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