Searches - land charges

Land charges register search and Personal search requests

From 12 November 2026 you will be able to access a new digital service through your portal account, Business Gateway and on the HM Land Registry pages on GOV.UK.

Wirral Council Land Charges will continue to provide replies to Con29 enquiries.

For more information visit GOV.UK and search for Local Land Charges.

Submit an application or contact us by:

  • online submission using one of the online portal available, ie NLIS, TM
  • email landcharges@wirral.gov.uk
  • enquiry: 0151 691 8450

Online payments

  • select: Make a payment
  • select ‘Pay online by card’
  • select ‘Other Payments’
  • select ‘Land Charges’
  • in 'reference' please insert, "Land Charges and address of search address"

Alternatively, you can also pay by credit or debit card by ringing 0151 691 8450

The council will investigate and bring all the information together in the form of a local authority search. The information is collected from different council departments including planning and building control, environmental services and highways services.

Forms Con29 and Con29O

This questionnaire takes the form of two parts and the information comes from various council departments.

  1. Con29 contains standard questions revealing any road proposals or schemes, public paths, compulsory purchase orders, enforcement actions, building regulations or planning applications and formal or informal notices
  2. Con29O contains optional enquiries such as noise abatement orders and pollution notices

Searching for Building Control applications online

The PDF file above may not be suitable to view for people with disabilities, users of assistive technology or mobile phone devices.

Fees

CON29 (Official Search) Residential - £94.00 (including VAT)
Commercial - £97.30 (including VAT)
Extra parcel of land Residential - £14.00 (including VAT)
Commercial - £14.48 (including VAT)
CON29 Individual Questions
Enquirer's own questions To be agreed with Land Charges team dependent on the complexity of the enquiry and our estimate of the time required to answer it.
Personal search of CON29 data

The price of a full search includes one free refresh search within six months of the date of the search. The original search must be returned with the application.

All official searches must be accompanied by appropriate Law Society compliant forms. Your solicitor should have these forms or you can buy them from legal stationers.

Please note that searches must include the following when submitted to be accepted for processing:

  • the correct fee (see above list of fees)
  • plans should be submitted in duplicate with the search area edged red. The plan, preferably at a scale of 1:1250 should have sufficient detail to enable land Charges staff to accurately locate the search area
  • if the property is on a new development we may require a developer’s plan showing the position of the building plots and the location of the site in relation to the surrounding area

Cancellation of Search Request

Requests to cancel a search where works have started, please note fees will be non-refundable.

Ownership enquiries

We regret we are unable to answer questions about who owns a property. However it is possible to enquire of HM Land Registry at:

Land Registry
Rosebrae Court
Woodside Ferry Approach
Birkenhead
CH41 6DU

Tel: 0300 006 0411

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday