This page contains the following information about Local Land Charges:
Please note that from 04 March 2010 Land Charges have moved to:
85 - 86 Castleham Road
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN38 9NT
Telephone: 01424 451093
e-Mail: archive@hastings.gov.uk
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A Local Land Charge Search should be carried out when a property or piece of land is being sold, purchased, leased or valued to find out if there are any matters affecting the land. They are also mandatory in all Home Information Packs.
Searches are usually carried out in two parts. The first part of the Search (LLC1) deals with all registerable charges, such as grants, tree preservation orders, planning agreements, and listed buildings and some enforcement issues. The second part (CON29) deals with issues such as road schemes, planning history and environmental matters.
Drainage enquiries are dealt with by Southern Water
The information given on a search relates only to the property or land identified on the search plan. The Council does not provide information regarding surrounding property or land unless this is specifically requested.
The Council's target for responding to basic searches is 7 working days from the date of acceptance of a correctly completed request although in practice it averages at 3 to 5 working days.
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Electronic searches can be submitted through the National Land Information Service Hub (NLIS). Hastings Borough Council is currently at Level 3 which means that we can receive and return electronic searches.
If you wish to use this service, you will need to make arrangements with a NLIS Licenced Channel Provider for the submission of your searches.
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When requesting a full Local Land Charges Search you should include either forms LLC1 and CON29 in duplicate (these forms are obtainable from Solicitors or Law Stationers) or use the Search Request form. You must include an up to date plan showing the area to be searched in red. You should also send the relevant payment.
The CON29 is divided into two parts:
These are the enquiries of the Local Authority that are legally required in a Home Information Pack.
You should clearly mark in the relevant box if you want answers to these enquiries. Remember to also include the necessary fee for each enquiry.
These should be printed out and attached to the original search. Questions must be clear - queries such as 'in the vicinity' or 'likely to affect the enjoyment' are too vague. Remember to include the necessary search fee for each enquiry.
These roads must be clearly identified in Box C and marked on the plan. The Council will not accept phrases such as 'all abutting'.
We can accept payments:
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Following a cost recovery exercise, Hastings Borough Council has decided not to increase Local Land Charges fees for 2009/10.
(Note: For all HIP full searches completed on or after 01 August 2007, this price includes one free search refresh if requested by the original applicant within six months of the original search completion date.)
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This is an inspection of the Local Land Charges Register held at our Corporate Archive. It can be carried out by anyone upon payment of the statutory £22 fee. Please note that a Personal Search does not provide all the information given on a full (LLC1 and CON29R) search. It is the responsibility of the person carrying out the Personal Search to identify the land/property and to make any note of information held on the Register.
The Local Land Charges Register is available at the corporate archive facility to persons wishing to carry out a Personal Search at the following times:
Appointments will be offered for strict half hour time slots on a first come first served basis. If you are late or miss your appointment you may be asked to re-arrange at a later time or date. To make an appointment to view the register, please send a completed search request form and plan of the site to be searched for each property to landchar@hastings.gov.uk stating your preferred date and appointment time.
It may be helpful for you to look at the Council Tax and Business Rates lists at www.voa.gov.uk before booking your search especially in respect of flats and businesses. This may prevent further clarification being sought and will ensure that the correct information is made available to you.
Some of the answers to CON29R questions are publicly available free of charge. You may require an appointment with the relevant departments, in which case you should contact them direct. We are working towards electronic storage of all data but in the meantime there are many sources of information which are stored in paper archives, often in separate buildings to the ones in which we work and therefore you may be asked to give us a few days notice of your appointment.
For answers to questions that are not publicly available, you will need to complete a Search Request Form and submit this to the Local Land Charges Team who will liaise with departments and collate the required information on your behalf. We are offering two levels of service:
We believe this will be the most efficient manner to deal with such enquiries and will ensure that the cost of the data is the same whether the search is carried out by Hastings Borough Council or as part of a private search and will also ensure that all searches are dealt with equally in turn.
Should you wish to obtain copies of documents such as orders or notices relevant to your search, you should contact the appropriate department directly.
This information is contained in the Planning Property files that form our Planning Register. We are currently working to make this information electronic and where possible, a printed extract from the Planning Register will be made available. Either way, this information is available for free inspection at the Corporate Archive If you wish to view this, please indicate as appropriate on the search request form. Planning decision notices from 1949 to present day can also be viewed on-line although they are not searchable by address. Both Planning Applications and Decision Notices can also be viewed in the Planning area.
Building Regulation information on Planning Property files is not comprehensive or maintained.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
Information post 1997 can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property. The Council holds some Building regulation and building byelaw decision notices for the period 1974 to 1997. These are held in Development Control files. The Building Regulation information on these files is not comprehensive or maintained. Please contact our Development Control Team for more information. There will be a charge of £20 per property per half hour (or part thereof) spent to provide this information.
Information post 1997 (with the following exception) can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
From 1 April 2002 to 31 December 2004, the installation of a replacement window, rooflight or roof window or specified type of glazed door could be carried out and certified by a person who was registered under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme by the Glass and Glazing Federation (as an alternative to certifying by Building Control). The Council did not issue and was not provided with copies of certificates or notices issued in respect of such work; the owner or occupier should hold them. The Council holds data of the existence of such work, but it is not in a readily searchable form, therefore its existence is not revealed in a local land charges search.
Information post 1997 can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property. Please note that the Council does not issue and is not provided with copies of certificates or notices issued in respect of work carried out under Competent Person (self-certification) Schemes. The owner or occupier of the property should hold such certificates. The Council is notified after such work has been carried out and the existence of such notification would be revealed in any local land charges search of the property.
A complete set of the relevant documents comprising the Hastings Local Plan 2004 including Proposals Maps can be viewed in reception at Aquila House, at the Corporate Archive, through our Planning Policy pages or through the Planning Portal.
Copies can be purchased from the Planning Policy team at Aquila House or Hastings Information Centre priced at £30, plus £5 postage and packing. Individual documents can be purchased on request.
The regional spatial strategy for the South East (the South East Plan) was published on 06 May 2009. This replaces the East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Structure Plan and forms part of the Planning framework for Hastings Borough. Information on the content of the South East Plan and any updates can be viewed on the Government Office for the South East website.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be freely obtained from the Register of Adopted Highways.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
Customers should also contact Southern Water.
This information is held on the Local Land Charges Register.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property. Customers should also contact Southern Water.
This information is freely available by appointment with the Local Land Charges Team.
Alternatively, it can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
Notices that have been served, made or commenced will be held either on the Local Land Register, the Planning Register or the Enforcement Register for notices served after 2001.
Please note that none of these registers will hold information with regard to notices that we have decided to issue, serve, make or commence but have not actually done so yet. For this reason it is recommended that you do not rely solely on inspecting the above registers to reply to this question.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form.
Old Town, Burtons' St Leonards, Blacklands Conservation Areas were designated before 31 August 1974.
A list of the properties contained within these areas can be found in our Conservation Area pages.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information is freely available by appointment from Environmental Services.
Alternatively, it can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
This information can be obtained from www.ukradon.org
Alternatively, this information can be purchased using the Search Request Form for the specified property.
Standard additional enquiries can be requested using the Search Request Form.
Box C enquiries can be freely answered by viewing the highways map books available at the Corporate Archive.
Alternatively, this information can be purchased by asking an Additional Question on the Search Request Form for the specified property.
Further additional enquiries can be requested using the Search Request Form.
We will endeavour to make all Public Registers available the next working day, however this may not be possible where demand for services is high. In such cases you will be offered the next available appointment time.
We have a Local Perfomance Indicator of 7 working days to turn around full searches and this will be extended to include searches submitted using the Search Request Form. Our current search turn around times can be heard by phoning 01424 451093 and selecting option 4. All searches will be dealt with on a first come first served basis.
Results of searches will not be delivered in any form until payment has been received.
At Aquila House:
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This page last updated: 25/02/2010