Submitting a search

Guidelines and information

To avoid unnecessary delays, please ensure that the following principles are observed:

On the search form LLC1 and the enquiry form CON29, please give a full description including location and postcode of the property to be search against. If the property has been officially postally named and numbered, then it is essential that you quote the official address and not the plot address.

Plans

All requisitions must clearly define the boundary of the land/property by means of a red boundary outlining the search area. Three copies of a plan (preferably an up-to-date Ordnance Survey map scale 1:1250 or 1:2500) are required with all search applications.

Applications received accompanied by poor quality/unacceptable plans (or no plans) will be rejected and returned. This will unfortunately delay the search process as Plymouth City Council does not have a policy of holding applications which are incomplete: Developers Site layout plans must also be accompanied by a location plan.

Fees

Please check our current schedule of fees to ensure that you enclose the correct fee. All cheques should be made payable to Plymouth City Council.

Box C

Please identify any additional roads/footpaths/footways etc in Box C of the form CON29 and if applicable, mark on accompanying location plan.

Note: Plymouth City Council will only respond to Highway enquiries on adjoining roads and nearest public highways.

CON29 Part II optional enquiries must be submitted with the original search requisition to guarantee the set fees. If they are submitted separately, this will incur additional costs.

Completion of the search requisition

Please ensure that your full name address, DX number, telephone/fax number, reference, property search address and all other details are correctly completed on the form LLC1 and the CON29. This enables the local land charges section to confirm that the description matches the plan.

If there is a discrepancy, we will contact you by telephone to resolve the query, therefore avoiding a delay in the process of your local search application.

Requisition for local land charges searches and CON29 enquiries should be addressed to:

Local Land Charges Section, Property Registration (Floor 1), Asset Management, Civic Centre, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2EW, DX 8278 Plymouth 2