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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:
         Unit 17
         Threemilestone Industrial Estate
         Truro. TR4 9LD
  • We accept Card Payments for all fees payable.

Standard Search Fees (including Vat)

Fees as of 1 January 2023 

  • Standard Search and Enquiries £223.50* (£162.92 + vat +£28.00)
  • Search only (LLC1) £28.00
  • Con29 Enquiries only £195.50 (£162.92 + vat)
  • Optional Enquiries 4 to 22 on Con29O £21.00 each (£17.50 + vat)
  • Own worded Enquiries £35.50 each (£29.58 + vat)
  • Extra Parcels of Land on LLC1 £3.60 each*
  • Extra Parcels of Land on Con29 or Con29O £16.65 each* (£13.88 + vat)
  • Extra Parcels on combined LLC1 and Con29 £20.25 each* (£13.88 + vat + £3.60)

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

  • Refresh of a Standard Search £111.75 (£81.26 + 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 **£18.00 (£15.00+vat) each
  • plus a one off administration charge of £9.00 (£7.50+vat).
  • Legal Agreements (TPO's, Sec106 and Enforcement Notices) £29.00 (£24.17+vat) each
  • plus a one off administration charge of £9.00 (£7.50+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 £34.00 (£28.33 + vat)
  • Highway extent correspondence fee £48.50 (£40.42 + vat)

Drainage Enquiries: 

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

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