Property Searches
If you are planning to purchase a property you will need to know
whether there are any issues of concern, such as plans for a
motorway at the bottom of your garden or to find out if there are
any charges registered which may affect the land or property that
you are purchasing.
Knowsley Council's Property Search Information Service provides
information relating to charges, notices and other local authority
matters which might affect properties or land in the Knowsley
area.
A search result will include any entries recorded against the
property being searched, including Smoke Control Orders, Tree
Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas, charges for such services
as roads or financial charges where the council is able to recover
any money owed to it.
Land Charges can be defined as a restriction imposed on the use
of the land. A local land charge is binding on successive
owners or occupiers of the land or property, for example conditions
imposed when planning permission is granted, conservation areas
which restrict permitted development or Smoke Control Orders made
under the Clean Air Act, restricting which type of fuel may be
burned.
If you wish to submit a search to the council the fees are
detailed below. Please send your request together with a plan
of the property or land and the appropriate fee via Royal Mail,
Document Exchange or by email to the address detailed in the 'who
to contact' box. To carry out a free inspection of property
information you will need to telephone to book an appointment.
Search fees
| Search type |
Cost |
| Premium service (standard search LLC1 and CON29R) |
£75.00 |
| Standard service (standard search LLC1 and CON29(R)) |
£50.00 |
| Form LLC1 Official Search of the Register |
£25.00 |
| Form CON29(R) Enquiries of the Local Authority |
£25.00 |
| Each additional parcel of land |
£5.00 |
| CON29(O) “Optional” Enquiries submitted:
Each enquiry (4 – 22)
|
£5.00 |
| Additional Solicitor own enquiry (per enquiry)
The fee will be notified to the enquirer by the relevant
answering department prior to response.
|
Fee will be notified on request |
Standard service
Complete the search
request form (Microsoft Word 86KB) and send it to us:
We aim to return search results for our standard service
within ten working days. The current average
turnaround time is five days. Please note this may not
be possible in some circumstances depending upon the subject matter
of the request.
Premium service
The same procedures apply as with the standard service but with
the premium service, we aim to return the search results to you
within 3 working days of the request. The current
turnaround time is one day. Please note this may not be
possible in some circumstances depending upon the subject matter of
the request.
If we do not deliver the premium service within three
working days, you will only be charged for the standard
service.
The council is accountable for the information supplied
in response to requests made under forms LLC1 and CON29R and the
standard and premium service provides a guarantee of this
information.
How results are returned
Search results can be returned to you:
- By email in pdf format
- By post or Document Exchange
- Collected in person
How to pay
Accompany your form with a cheque for the appropriate fee.
Searches can only be processed once payment has been received
or an account facility is in place. Make cheques payable to
Knowsley MBC.
Set up an account
If you anticipate being a regular user of the Property Search
Information Service and wish to request the setting up of an
account with the council to cover these property search fees,
please complete the attached form and return to us by email at
propertysearchinformation@knowsley.gov.uk or
at the address above in the 'who to contact' box.
Downloads
Free inspection of the register
Book an appointment for a personal inspection of search
information without charge. You can contact us on 0151 443
3511 during office hours (Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm) to
book.
When booking an appointment you must provide the following
information:
- Name, address and telephone number.
- Full postal address of the property or land which is the
subject of the search.
- A plan for each property you are searching, clearly marking the
outline of the area concerned. Plans should be emailed to propertysearchinformation@knowlsey.go.uk
or faxed to 0151 443 3550 immediately after you have made your
appointment. Failure to do so will mean your booking will be
cancelled.
Your appointment
A half-hour appointment will be allocated to you between 9.30am
to 11.00am or 2.00pm to 3.30pm on a normal working day, Monday to
Friday. Appointments will be allocated on a first come first
served basis. You will be able to carry out a maximum of two
searches per appointment in relation to residential properties. In
relation to searches of other land (commercial or industrial land,
for example), this may not be possible due to the more complex
nature of such searches.
Please report to the Huyton One Stop Shop reception
when you arrive.
Please note
- Information provided on the search results will not include
information held on Public Registers
- If you are late for the appointment you will not be able to
carry out your search as we operate a strict appointment system and
you will have to make a new appointment to carry out your
search
- We reserve the right to reschedule an appointment to a later
date if required
- We do not guarantee the information which is inspected or the
purpose for which it is obtained. The person inspecting this
information will be entirely responsible for the accuracy in which
it records that information and for the purpose for which it is
used.
- We confirm our full intellectual rights in all the information
which is to be inspected and grant the person inspecting the
information a personal and non transferable license to use that
information for personal and non commercial purposes
Public registers
View details of
other public registers made available by
Knowsley Council.
Financial statement