Local Land Charges Register fee is being scrapped
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Home buyers will be able to access more information about their new home without having to pay the £22 charge, the government has announced.
The law is being changed to comply with EU law which requires examination of environmental information on site to be free of charge.
People will stop being charged for a personal search of the Local Land Charges Register.
The searches reveal restrictions or issues that affect the property, such as planning conditions, conservation areas and protected trees.
Grant Shapps, housing minister, says: “Moving home is difficult and stressful, and the new government wants to make it easier. We’ve already taken steps to scrap Home Information Packs, and now we are cutting the cost of researching the detail about your new home.
“This shows in practice how freeing up public sector data and opening up the books can benefit the whole economy, by cutting transaction costs and increasing competition.”
