Search Land Charges

As of close of business on Friday 3 July 2026, we no longer provide a Local Land Charge search service. 

On Wednesday 22 July 2026, the Local Land Charges Register will be migrated to HM Land Registry, and 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. Any searches submitted prior to Friday 3 July 2026 will be processed by us as normal, however, any searches submitted to us after this date will not be processed.

Oldham Council will continue to provide replies to Con29 enquiries.

It is important to remember to only submit the required fee of £90.00 (residential) and £102.00 (commercial) when submitting a CON29 enquiry to us after Friday 3 July 2026.

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

Oldham’s land charges team can be contacted by email on:

We'll still be accepting searches through

For searches submitted electronically, we aim to send the search results back to you within 10 working days. 

Failure to comply with an obligation or restriction may lead to a fine and/or criminal record.

Standard enquiries (CON29R form)

The CON29R form covers things like planning history of the property, whether the road is publicly or privately maintained and whether there are any major road or rail proposals in the vicinity.

  • CON29R Residential: £90.00
  • CON29R Non-residential: £102.00
  • CON29R Additional Parcels: £28.80 each
  • Access to property records: No charge

You can register to buy a search through either of these two agencies:

Or you can purchase forms from legal stationers

Optional enquiries (CON29O form)

CON29O covers information about property like public paths or byways, houses in multiple occupation, hazardous substance consents and common land.

The questions are not relevant to all properties.

  • Each enquiry: £15.60 (except question 22 Commons Registration which is £16.80).
  • Additional questions by solicitor submitted with searches: £25.20 each.

You can register to buy a search through either of these two agencies:

Or you can purchase forms from legal stationers

Requests should be emailed together with a plan to identify the property/land. The turnaround time to obtain this information will be 10 working days.

All land charges searches should be submitted by email:

Payments should be made via your bank to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council:

Bank Name: Barclays Bank PLC
Sort Code: 20-55-58
Account Number: 13861449
Reference: OLDHAM COUNCIL LAND CHARGES

Drainage enquiries

Oldham Borough falls under United Utilities for drainage.