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For a full Search and Enquiries

  • Please submit forms LLC1 and Con29 (2016 Edition). Or submit our own Search Request form.
  • Please provide a correct, clear and full address of the property or land.
  • Please provide an Ordnance Survey plan, showing the full extent of the area/property edged in red. 
  • Please ensure the plan shows any highways on which replies are sought.
  • Please submit any optional enquiries (if required) on form Con29O.
  • Fast, easy submissions by direct email: landcharges@cornwall.gov.uk
  • Postal services are also available. Please submit to our centralised mailroom at:
        Floor 0E, New County Hall, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY
  • We accept Card Payments for all fees payable.

Standard Search Fees (including Vat)

Fees as of 1 January 2024 

  • Standard Search and Enquiries £235.25* (£172.71 + vat +£28.00)
  • Search only (LLC1) £28.00
  • Con29 Enquiries only £207.25 (£172.71 + vat)
  • Optional Enquiries 4 to 22 on Con29O £22.25 each (£18.54 + vat)
  • Own worded Enquiries £37.50 each (£31.50 + vat)
  • Extra Parcels of Land on LLC1 £3.60 each*
  • Extra Parcels of Land on Con29 or Con29O £17.90 each* (£14.92 + vat)
  • Extra Parcels on combined LLC1 and Con29 £21.50 each* (£14.92 + vat + £3.60)

*We reserve the right to charge extra for complex searches or extra parcels.

  • Refresh of a Standard Search £117.63 (£98.03 + vat + £14.00)

Please return the original search results within 6 months of original submission.

Copy documents file pursuant to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977.

  • Planning Decision Notice **£20.00 (£16.67+vat) each
  • plus a one off administration charge of £10.00 (£8.33+vat).
  • Legal Agreements (TPO's, Sec106 and Enforcement Notices) £31.00 (£25.83+vat) each
  • plus a one off administration charge of £10.00 (£8.33+vat)

The admin fee charged is per application site rather than per application.

** Please check the Online Planning Register. Many decision notices are free to download.

  • General correspondence fee £36.50 (£30.42 + vat)
  • Highway extent correspondence fee £51.50 (£42.92 + vat)

Drainage Enquiries: 

Please refer to South West Water, Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter EX2 7HR

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