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Whether you're buying or selling a property, want to find out more about living in the area or a conveyance or estate agent, we can help you.

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 conveyance searches.

Enquiries can be made by solicitors or estate agents acting on behalf of purchasers, personal search agencies or direct by homebuyers or small businesses that choose to handle their own conveyancing.

• Official Certificate (LLC1)
• Enquiries of Local Authority (Con29)
• Complete Search (LLC1 & CON29)
• Personal Search (Inspection of registers only)

We will:

• process Local Land Searches quickly and accurately
• process standard Local Land Searches in 10 working days
• respond to telephone enquiries courteously and provide helpful advice, if we do not have the answer we will tell you who to contact
• reply to letters / emails within three working days
• constantly monitor our service by a sample customer satisfaction survey

Turnaround times for local searches are usually within 10 working days.  

Turnaround times for personal searches are usually within 20 working days, subject to appointment availability.

Completion of searches may be delayed if extra questions are raised involving other contributing departments. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is joined to the National Land Information Service (NLIS). We have put into place the necessary arrangements to receive search enquiries over the Internet, saving time and resources. 

To to access this service, visit the  website.

Benefits to you:

• Speeds up the conveyancing process and reduces the risk of gazumping
• The security of a full, official search, with accurate data direct from your local authority
• Will allow home sellers to complete the search element of HIPs quickly