Search of local land charge register

FFHillbilly

What does this mean? if I'm looking at the local search of a property I'm interested in purchasing at auction and under this section I see this:

Smoke Control Order No. : SMOKE/1230issued on xxx Clean Air Act 1956 Section 11 - Order 18 (Bank Top) 1979 Ref:TLC Ref:

or

Removal of waste, Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, Section 4. Notice 

do I have to contact the issuing council and get the details to find out what it's about?
how can these charges affect the purchase?


 

user1977

What are the dates of the notices? I presume the first one is because it was doing something smoky, and the second is because of a vermin problem. 

FFHillbilly

the smoke one was 1979/80, the pest one 2020

I've also seen some with this one:

Areas of Special advertisement control, with various dates from 1980s to 2015 what do they mean? is it just a record of something in the past, or something the new owner needs to worry about?

user1977

FFHillbilly said:

the smoke one was 1979/80, the pest one 2020

I've also seen some with this one:

Areas of Special advertisement control, with various dates from 1980s to 2015 what do they mean? is it just a record of something in the past, or something the new owner needs to worry about?

It just means there are restrictions in the area on what advertisements you can put up without permission, it's not going to be relevant to the property unless it's got some unlawfully-erected billboards on it.

It's going to be easier if you get somebody who knows what they're doing to look at the searches for you (I hope you'd be doing that anyway before bidding).

propertyrental

As user 1977 says, before you bid you need to get someone (nf by the sound of it that means paying a solicitor) to review the Sales Pack and all related legal documents.

No good doing that after you bid/win as you'll be commitded to buying even if there's a restriction against using the property as a residential home!

Same with survey if you need one. Unless you are confident doing t yourself you need it done before bidding.

And finances - you need a approved mortgage for that property, not just a MIP, unless you are a cash buyer.

But no harm getting some informal advice here as  starting point as long as you don't use it as a substitute for proper legal, structural, financial advice before bidding.

SDLT_Geek

But is this not a sale by the dreaded modern method of auction? So “winning” the auction only results in paying a fee for what amounts to a reservation agreement.

OP was told on the other thread to run, but seems to be running into it, not away from it.

FFHillbilly

SDLT_Geek said:

But is this not a sale by the dreaded modern method of auction? So “winning” the auction only results in paying a fee for what amounts to a reservation agreement.

OP was told on the other thread to run, but seems to be running into it, not away from it.

not running in either direction thanks I'm just gathering the facts, and I'll decide at the end what I'm going to do

propertyrental said:

As user 1977 says, before you bid you need to get someone (nf by the sound of it that means paying a solicitor) to review the Sales Pack and all related legal documents.

How much do solicitors charge for this sort of thing? If I'm looking at a lot of houses, this could get expensive