Land charge searches
A land charge search is normally requested when buying or leasing land or property.
It is used to find out whether a property or land:
- has any charges against it
- is served by a public highway
- has future developments close by
We deal with highway extent searches and the parts of the Con 29 form. The highway extent search provides information about the extent of the highway maintained by us. This can include the road, footpath and verges.
For a full local authority or local land charges register search, contact your district or borough council.
Before you submit a land charge search
To process a land charge search, we require a suitable location plan and a complete search address. This must include:
- a named or numbered property, or a clearly defined parcel of land
- a road name (or nearest road name if a road name is not stated)
- a Lincolnshire town or village (Please do not include references to areas outside the county boundary of Lincolnshire including Peterborough, Newark, Grimsby, Brigg etc as they will be liable to cancellation)
- ideally, a postcode
If you are unsure whether your search area falls within the Lincolnshire County Council boundary, please use the Find your local council service to check which local authority area applies.
If your request involves multiple properties or land parcels, a separate submission must be made for each location. Each submission must include its own plan and match the details provided in the written search request.
All CON29 Required and Optional Searches, as well as Extent Searches, are subject to a validation process carried out by Lincolnshire County Council’s Searches Team. We will review your submission to ensure all necessary information as above has been provided. If your application does not meet the required criteria, it may be cancelled.
Costs
All Con29 fees include VAT (at the standard rate of 20%). VAT is not charged on extent of highway letters.
Con29R:
- roads - £13
- public right of ways - £16
- land - £6
- roadworks - £6
- drainage - £12
- road schemes - £11
- traffic schemes - £11
- notices - £9
Con29O:
- private schemes - £6
- pipelines - £6
- floods and water - £11
- common land - £19
Extent of highway letters
Please note the fees quoted below relate to the cost of a singular A4 or A3 Plan as chosen by the applicant at point of purchase. The total cost of completing the Extent request will be subject to validation by LCC and will be affirmed through the provision of a quote before payment can be made.
Once a request is submitted it will be subject to a validation process, a quote will be supplied based on a review of the written search parameters and the supplied plan. Please note that if the search area to be covered cannot be covered in a singular plan and an assessment is made that additional plans would be required additional fees would apply.
- extent plan A4 - £79 - extent of highway only (does not include public rights of way)
- extent plan A3 - £94 - extent of highway only (does not include public rights of way)
- extent And PROW Plan - £94
Some information is available to view free of charge. You can access public rights of way using our electronic working copy of the definitive map. However, this is not the official Definitive Map (the legal record). While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy when converting from the original paper maps, we cannot accept liability for any errors - particularly when the map is viewed at scales larger than the original mapping.
Information from the electronic working copy should not be used to carry out legal searches. If you require an official search, please submit your request through our search portal. Fees apply to all legal search requests.