Local land charge search
When buying a property or piece of land, your solicitor will submit a local land charges search to us, which will show if there are any legal restrictions affecting the land or property.
We will investigate any restrictions and bring all the information together in the form of a local authority search.
The information is collected from different council departments including planning, building control and environmental health in addition to information from Lancashire County Council highways.
We do not provide drainage and water searches or mining searches.
Please select the options below for further information.
Types of land charges searches avaliable
Make a land charge search
Search applications can be submitted online using our land charges online service with payments made by credit or debit card.
We aim to turn them around in 10 working days.
Please note you will also need to include an ordnance survey plan showing property boundaries outlined in red, preferably on 1:1250 scale.
Make a land charge search online
For further information regarding local searches and the local land charges register, please contact us by email to landcharges@chorley.gov.uk.