From 22 June 2022, South Norfolk Council will no longer provide a local land charges service.

After this date, South Norfolk’s Local Land Charges Register will have migrated to HM Land Registry's national register. You will be able to access their new digital service via the HM Land Registry Portal, Business Gateway or via GOV.UK's local land charges search service.

We will continue to respond to CON29 enquiries.

Read more information about the new digital local land charges service (from GOV.UK).

National Land Information Service

Your solicitor can do your land searches online using the National Land Charge Information Service NLIS.

Alternatively to apply for a search within the South Norfolk Area and Broadland areas you can use the online system, Public Access Land Charges (PALC). This can be used by you or your solicitor/conveyancer to apply for CON29 and CON29O. Please note that the file sizes must not exceed 4MB. See our guidance note for how to use PALC.

Please note that due to essential maintenance, this service will not be available on Saturday 10 January 2026 or over the week end of 17 to 19 January 2026. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Personal searches

Requests for Broadland District Council personal searches should be emailed to landcharges.bdc@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk

For South Norfolk personal searches – these can be obtained from HM Land Registry

Free search requests under Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)

To request this information, please refer to the CON29 template which shows where you can access the information and follow the guidance provided for each question. If you are asked to email the Department to request information, please provide the full postal address and an up-to-date location plan clearly outlining the search site in red, making it clear that this information is requested under EIR or you may be charged.

Please note: legal forms or Local Authority stamped documents are not supplied for these types of search requests. The person carrying out the search is responsible for collating the necessary information.

For all other types of searches

Please email. See contact details below.

To enable us to deal with your search request efficiently, please provide a full postal address and an up-to-date location plan clearly outlining the search site in red.

We do not accept search requests by post.

Cancellation of Searches. If a search request has been submitted and accepted onto our system as a valid search, we are unable to cancel the search or refund the fee. Please contact us ASAP to cancel a search and we can advise further.

For any further information please use the contact details below and our team will be pleased to help.