Local Land Charges

Welcome to the Council's land and property information web pages. Whether you are buying or selling a property or you are a conveyancer or estate agent, we can help you.

As the custodians of official local information, we can provide you with fast access to the information you need, whether it's to inform your home purchase or sale, or to complete your official conveyancing searches.

Our current prices can be viewed online. We also provide:

• Information for Homebuyers 
• Information for Solicitors
• Information for Estate Agents
• LLC News update
• Is your search as safe as houses (122kb)
• Don't let searches give you a headache (116kb)
• Find out about local services, such as schools, GPs, dentists, recycle centres, etc. using www.upmystreet.com (external link)

Please visit the Planning Reception on the 2nd floor of the Council Offices (lift available).

Local Searches submitted with incorrect forms and/or without plans will be returned.

Performance

• 2003/04 - 3,408 official full searches - 100% within 10 days
• 2004/05 - 2,556 official full searches - 99% within 10 days
• 2005/06 - 2,419 official full searches - 100% within 10 days
• 2006/07 - 2,515 official full searches - 100% within 10 days

Contact Details

Local Land Charges Service

Email - locallandcharges@chester.gov.uk

Opening hours - 9.00am - 4.45pm

Phone - 01244 402585 or 01244 402133 (Voicemail for fees & info)

Fax - 01244 310071

DX - DX 722411 CHESTER 17 - strictly used for Local Land Charges Unit post only.

Address - Local Land Charges, Development Directorate, Chester City Council, The Forum, Chester, CH1 2HS

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The Council also has two other DX numbers:

Legal Services - DX 722412 CHESTER 17
General (other than Local Land Charges/Legal Services) - DX 722410 CHESTER 17.

Please use appropriate DX numbers to avoid undue delay.