Local Land Charges search

IMPORTANT NOTICE

From the 25 April 2025, Royal Borough of Kingston Local Land Charges Register will migrate to HM Land Registry.

In order to facilitate this transfer the last day we will accept LLC1 search applications is Friday 11 April 2025.

Any LLC1 search requests received after this date cannot be processed and will be returned. We will continue to accept and process CON 29 enquiry searches.

The last day for the inspection of the Local Land Charges Register is Thursday 24 April 2025 via our usual appointment procedure.

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Official Searches of the Local Land Charges Register are made with the LLC1 form and Enquiries of a Local Authority are made on forms CON29 and CON29O as follows:

1.Please submit applications using NLIS (National Land Information Service):

This is our preferred option for search requests. You will be able to make your payment using BACS.

2.Or you can submit a request directly to us by email: local.landcharges@kingston.gov.uk Payment by BACS must be included with your application.

NB: We will no longer accept postal applications and payment by cheque.

Below is the procedure for electronic submission of an Official LLC1 and CON29 and CON29O forms and payment details. 

UPDATE: We are currently working with HM Land Registry to migrate our local land charges service (LLC1 searches) to their central digital register. When this process is complete, HM Land Registry will provide LLC1 search results for local land charges searches in the Kingston area. (CON29 and CON29O will continue to be provided by Kingston).

We will provide an exact date for when this service will go live, in due course. For more information, visit GOV.UK 

Forms:

LLC1/CON29/CON29O forms must be correctly completed by the applicant and attached to the email request. We are unable to supply the forms or process your request without them.  Please see the Law Society website for a list of law stationers:

Email Request and Payment:

Please follow these instructions as it will speed up acceptance and processing of your request.

• email request for Official Search – (LLC1/CON29/CON29O) to be sent to local.landcharges@kingston.gov.uk
• email Subject line to say - BACS Payment Official LLC Search Request
• BACS Payment Ref must include: LLC at the start/followed by part of search address/followed by applicants initial

Example: a search request for 20 Acacia Avenue New Malden from Royal Borough of Kingston would have the following BACS payment reference: LLC/20AcaAvNM/RBK. NB the maximum number of characters allowed in a BACS reference is 18.

Bank details for BACS Payment are:

Lloyds Bank Plc
Sort Code: 30-80-12
A/C Number: 14717168
A/C Name: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames - Direct Credit Account
BIC:LOYDGB21F09
IBAN:GB83 LOYD 3080 1214 7171 68

Processing applications - We are not able to begin processing any search request until confirmation of the BACS payment has been received from our cashiers.