Local authority property searches

Apply for a local authority search

There are different ways to apply for a search. You can:

• email LandPSS@leeds.gov.uk for a Land Search request form
  
• complete a Con29 form (available from your solicitor)
  
• use the National land Information Service (NLIS) who apply for a search on your behalf
  

Fees

Land and property search service fees 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026:

You will be invoiced for each search request, do not pre-pay. Thank you.

Standard service

Type of search	Basic fee	VAT	Total fee
Form Con29 enquiries of the local authority	£58	£11.60	£69.60
Form Con29O enquiries of the local authority	£10	£2	£12
Additional parcel fee	£2.50	£0.50	£3
Additional written enquiry	£16	N/A	£16
Plan showing extent of adopted highways	£20	N/A	£20
Schemes information and plan	£30	N/A	£30

You can request an unlimited number of refreshed searches for any searches you have already paid for, free of charge, within 6 months.

Expedited service

Type of search	Basic fee	VAT	Total fee
Form Con29 enquiries of the local authority	£77.41	£15.43	£92.57
Form Con29O enquiries of the local authority	£13.30	£2.66	£15.96
Plan showing extent of adopted highways	£26.60	£5.32	£31.92
Schemes information and plan	£39.90	£7.86	£47.88

You can request an unlimited number of refreshed searches for any searches you have already paid for, free of charge, within 6 months.

Other fees

Type of search	Basic fee	VAT	Total fee
Leeds City Council Search Pack (Official HMLR LLC1 report and Official Con29 Report)	£74.20	£11.84	£86.04

You can request an unlimited number of refreshed searches for any searches you have already paid for, free of charge, within 6 months.

You do not have to purchase the LLC1 from Leeds City Council, this can be purchased direct from HM Land Registry. We will purchase one on your behalf and return the results together with your Official Con29 Report.

Email LandPSS@leeds.gov.uk for a quote on other search products that we provide.

Land and property search services – Financial statement

Financial statement 2025 to 2026

The fees for CON29 (standard and optional enquiries) have been set in accordance with the Local Authorities (England) (Charges for Property Searches) Regulations 2008:

Calculation of CON29 form (standard enquiries) fee based on cost recovery
Land and property search service	£253,528
Public rights of way	£70,560
Total expenditure	£324,800
Projected volume levels: 5,600
Cost per search: £58 (rounded up from £57.89)

Calculation of CON29O form (optional enquiries) fee based on cost recovery
Land and property search service	£43,168
Public rights of way	£1,832
Total expenditure	£45,000
Projected volume levels: 4,500
Cost per enquiry: £10

Approved by Gareth Moore, Land and Property Search Manager, 29 January 2025.

Environmental Information Regulations requests (in relation to Con29 data)

If you choose not to purchase an Official Con29 Search, you can make a request under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). There is no fee for this service. Any EIR request will provide you with the sources of data, it will be up to you to analyse them and find the relevant information. Send any EIR requests to:

You can also email dpfoi@leeds.gov.uk.

Local Land Charges

Search for local land charges on land and property on the Local Land Charges Register on HM Land Registry.

We can provide verified personal search reports, email LandPSS@leeds.gov.uk for details.

We will supply copy documents in relation to any Local Land Charges (where available) and process any query relating to potentially erroneous data, but we cannot amend or comment on LLC1 or personal search reports.