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CIL solicitors queries and CON29
I would be interested to know whether other authorities charge fees for responding to solicitor enquiries relating to CIL and CON29 searches.
We receive a high volume of such queries on a weekly basis, and I am keen to understand how other authorities manage and respond to them. In particular, we often receive requests to interpret local land charge search results relating to CIL, as solicitors do not always fully understand the information provided. They frequently ask us to clarify and confirm matters such as payments made, surcharges applied, and any enforcement action.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could share how your authority approaches these types of enquiries, including whether you treat them as a chargeable service or provide a standard response.
Hi,
At Dartford, we currently charge £70 for confirmation of CIL payments. The CON29's are dealt with by our Property Information department and charge £20 for CON29 additional queries
Hope this helps
Liz
Thank you Liz! That's very helpful indeed!
Hi Suraiya,
At Sheffield, for confirmation that conditions, enforcement notices and legal agreement have been complied with, we charge £101 flat fee for a Householder and £101 per hour for Commercial.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Claire
Yes, it does.
At Arun we charge £298 per condition check as they could look them up themselves on our website, but we don't charge for CIL compliance checks perhaps we could as the info is available on the website and we don't charge for s106 compliance checks or queries on CON29 warnings, as that info is not available on the public website.