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To increase fees for the parts of the Land
Charges Search as outlined below and in line with increases by
Derbyshire County Council. This will start from the 1st April
2025.

Reasons for the decision

To increase the land charges fees in line with
increased costs from DCC for con 29 consultations. The increased
fee for a standard residential search is to increase from
£145.00 to £169.00 and £193.00 for commercial
searches. Also we are keeping the residential costs the same for a
residential LLC 1 at £25.00 and the commercial LLC1 will be
set at £45.00.

The increased fee for the Con 29 is to provide additional funding
for the TLC Land Charges software package and extra funding for the
Land Charges officer temporary posts. These are already improving
the service whilst allowing the service to remain competitive in an
open market. This increase also covers the increase in fees charged
by DCC to cover the highways additional questions. DCC Highways has
increased their charges by 3.5% which will be covered in this
increase.

Land Charges will charge £15.00 plus vat for each additional
question and £20.00 for each parcel of land for both
residential and commercial searches

Alternative options considered

Not to increase the LLC1 fee for residential
properties. Not to increase the fee for a standard search was
rejected as costs are increasing for the DCC contribution to the
search which the Council needs to pass on to the customer. In
addition, the service needs to move from a paper based service to
an electronic one and this increase will help with the purchase of
the TLC Land Charges software and the migration of the LLC register
to HMLR.