Local Land Charges Search

Overview

Local Land Charges are financial charges or restrictions on the use of a property or area of land.

We’re working with local authorities across the country to standardise and migrate charges. This creates a single register that is up to date and accessible to all.

Use the Local Land Charges service to find details of entries relating to land or property.

If you’re a software developer

Use this document to integrate data into your system.

Process flow

Validation

Local Land Charges Search service validation diagram details the validation that the request goes through.

Local Land Charges Service via BG (Business Gateway) flow chart

Local Land Charges Search business rules

BG Code	Reason	Description
bg.title.invalid	Title number is invalid	The Title Number must exist on Land Registry systems.
bg.title.closed	This title number is closed	The Title Number has been closed on Land Registry systems and not continued.
bg.llc.title.closedAndContinued	Title Number has been closed and registration continued under Title Number. Please request a search using the new Title Number.	The Title Number has been closed on Land Registry systems and continued under the provided Title Number.
bg.fee.feeMismatch	Fee Amount provided does not match with the fee calculated by Land Registry.	If request contains an expected fee which is less than the actual fee and indicator ‘ContinueIfFeeExceedsExpected’ is False.
bg.geojson.invalid	The supplied GeoJSON is not valid	GEOJSON must be a FeatureCollection and can contain multiple features, polygons and multiple polygons.
bg.title.no.geojson	Unable to obtain GeoJSON from title number please try again with GeoJSON data	The Title Number used does not have index mapping to obtain GEOJSON data
bg.nonmigrated.extent	You are searching a non-migrated authority, edit your search area or contact the local authority	Your search area is in a local authority where the Local Land Charges data has not yet been migrated to HM Land Registry.
bg.llc.search.ref.not.found	Search reference not found, refresh searches are valid for 6 months after the initial search	Search reference not found on database or original search was over 6 months old
bg.document.maxFileSizeLimitExceeds	Generated PDF exceeds maximum size of 20971520 bytes	PDF’s in excess of 40MB are not returned by Business Gateway
bg.too.many.results	Your search area has too many charges. Email HM Land Registry to search this area: locallandchargesregister@landregistry.gov.uk	More than 200 Local Land Charges identified from the search area

Local Land Charges Service business rules

Business rule	Description
Title number valid	Title number must exist on HM Land Registry systems and not be closed or closed and continued
Validate GeoJson	GEOJSON must be a FeatureCollection. It may contain Features, Polygons single and multiple.
Search reference valid	Search reference as provided in the original response. To allow a refresh of the search, the original search must have been made by the same Business unit and it must be within 6 months of the orginal searches date.
Non-migrated area	The whole of the search area is not yet migrated data to Land Registry.
Too many Local Land Charges results	If more than 200 Local Land Charges are identified for the search area, a response is not allowed through Business Gateway.
PDF oversize	Business Gateway currently does not return PDF’s greater than 40MB. This limit has been increased in the past as broadband speeds have increased and may be reviewed in the future.