Local Land Charges

Welcome to Wrexham County Borough Council's Local Land Charges.

Here we aim to provide property conveyancers with an easily accessible guide to local authority searches, including fees and details of other relevant organisations. We hope the information provided will answer some of the questions we are most often asked, which will save time and speed the search process up for you.

The Council has a Statutory duty under the Local Land Charges Act 1975 to maintain a Register of Local Land Charges.

Land Charges is part of the Legal and Democratic Services Department which provides a legal service to all Council departments.

Our normal offices hours are: Monday to Thursday: 8.45am to 5.15pm and Fridays: 08.45am to 4.45pm.

Submitting a Local Authority Search

Searches can be submitted by post and document exchange (DX) or electronically, using the Land Charges Request Form or via NLIS (external link).

When submitting a postal Local Authority Search, please ensure you enclose the following:

• Form LLC1 in duplicate
• Form CON29 in duplicate
• The correct fee - please note that searches will be returned if the fee is not correct. Cheques should be made payable to Wrexham County Borough Council.
• Searches must be submitted with a plan. Please clearly mark the outline of the area to be searched against in red. It is crucial that the plan also shows the surrounding roads/properties.

Please note

• We do not charge a separate fee for expedited searches, but should a search request be considered urgent please contact the land charges unit and we will endeavour to give the search priority.
• The current turnaround time for searches is 3/4 working days.

Online Land Charges Request Form | Download the Land Charges Request Form

Free Refresher Search

The unit offers a free refresher service for full searches.  This will enable the person who submitted the original search to request a free update within 6 months of the original request by completing a refresher search request form.

The National Land Information Service (NLIS)

The NLIS is a government initiative aimed at delivering services electronically, with the ultimate aim of speeding up the conveyancing process by using electronic transactions.

The service connects law firms, conveyancers and data providers such as HM Land Registry (external link) and local authority Local Land Charges Registries.

At Wrexham we are connected to NLIS at level 2 and are able to receive search applications and fees electronically and also return them electronically.

We encourage the users of our service to become NLIS users. To find out more (including fees) please go to www.nlis.org.uk (external link) or visit the websites below:

NLIS Channel Providers (external links)

www.tmsearch.co.uk
Tel: 0870 710 7833

www.jordansproperty.co.uk
Tel: 0800 023 2378

www.searchflow.co.uk
Tel: 0870 787 7625

Scale of Fees

Personal Search Requests

A personal search is an inspection of the Local Land Charges Register only. The statutory fee for a personal search is £11.00 per property. Once the fee has been paid and the Local Land Charges Register has been inspected, the personal search has been concluded. Personal searchers may then obtain information contained in other public registers; however this information does not include responses to the CON29 Enquiries.

Copies of a good practice guide to personal searches is available from the Land Charges Unit.

The access to raw data is provided by the Authority.  For further details please contact the Land Charges Unit.

Appointments for Personal Searches must be made, giving a minimum of 24 hours notice.

Please telephone 01978 292021 to book an appointment.

A clearly marked plan must be faxed to us when the appointment is confirmed.

Our fax number is 01978 292247

Is the Property in our area?

If you are not sure if a property is in our area, please telephone us for confirmation on 01978 292021.

Other Local Authorities whose boundaries adjoin ours are:

Denbighshire County Council
Tel: 01824 706379

Flintshire County Council
Tel: 01352 702335

Chester City Council
Tel: 01244 402585

Oswestry Borough Council
Tel: 01691 671111

Powys County Council
Tel 01597 826000

Drainage Searches

Drainage enquiries are dealt with by Welsh Water PO Box 10 Treharris CF46 6XZ. Tel 01443 331155.

Enquiries and Comments

If you would like further information on Local Land Charges please contact 01978 292021 or write to:

Address: The Chief Legal and Democratic Services Officer
Wrexham County Borough Council
Guildhall
Wrexham
LL11 1AY

DX: 26672 – Wrexham

Email:  landcharges@wrexham.gov.uk

Documents

Search Request Form

The form is available to download in the following formats:

Search Request Form - Word format 47Kb

Search Request Form - PDF format 18Kb

Search Request Form - Plain Text format 104Kb

Refresher Search Request Form

The form is available to download in the following formats:

Refresher Search Request Form - Word format 32Kb

Refresher Search Request Form - PDF format 15Kb

Refresher Search Request Form - Plain Text format 60Kb