Full official search
A full official council compiled search consists of two parts: the LLC1 and the CON29.
A local search protects you against unknowingly inheriting land charges and prohibitions held against the property or land and will warn of proposals affecting the land or property.
Without all the necessary information you could be inheriting someone else’s debt, find out your extension isn’t safe or your new home is de-valued because of proposals affecting it
There are different types of searches available which you need to be aware of. Some of these are not compiled by us and are not covered by council insurance. The local authority has no responsibility for searches carried out by a third party company referred to as a personal search.
You are entitled to tell you solicitor which searches you want.
Full official local authority searches (LLC1 and CON29) are compiled by the council’s experts in each of the related fields of planning, highways, pollution, housing, and building regulations.
Council-compiled searches provide complete information required in response to 100 per cent of the register and 100 per cent of the search questions, and are 100 per cent complete and up to date. They are fully endorsed with the council’s signature and backed by the council insurance.