What is a Local Land Charge (LLC)?

Local Land Charges are generally financial charges or restrictions on the use of land which are governmental in character and imposed by public authorities under statutory powers, otherwise known as originating authorities. They affect whoever owns the land and so there is an obligation that they are registered, to alert purchasers to their existence. Their existence would not normally be apparent from an inspection of land or from the register of title (or title deeds if the land is still unregistered land). If a Local Land Charge is not registered, it will still affect a purchaser in just the same way as it affected the original owner. However, if a purchaser makes an official or personal search before they purchase, they will generally be entitled to compensation for the loss they suffer in consequence of the failure of the search to reveal a Local Land Charge that was in existence at the time that the search was made. Common types of Local Land Charges include (but are not limited to): <ul> <li>conditions imposed in a planning permission (these form the majority of charges)</li> <li>listed buildings </li> <li>onservation areas</li> <li>tree preservation orders</li> <li>planning and enforcement notices</li> <li>smoke control orders</li> <li>light obstruction notices</li> </ul> See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-land-charges-pg79">Practice guide 79: Local Land Charges</a> for further details.