Guidance

Local Land Charges: Local authority pre-migration guide

This guide helps local authorities prepare for the new single digital Local Land Charges Register.

From:
HM Land Registry
Published
13 June 2016
Last updated
31 August 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Local Land Charges: preparing data for the new digital register

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Appendix 1: minimum data items

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Appendix 2: property descriptions and plans

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Prior to migration of their local land charges register, there are a number of tasks that local authorities must complete to make sure their data is ready for digitisation and migration.

Updates to this page

Published 13 June 2016
Last updated 31 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Clarification on linking a unique property reference number (UPRN) to spatial extents.

  2. We have clarified the spatial extent requirements in section 4.5.1 (Listed building charge).

  3. 'Local Land Charges: preparing data for the new digital register' has replaced 'Local Land Charges: Local authority pre-migration guide'.

  4. Note added to section 4.1.6 explaining the position on the use of postcodes.

  5. Addition to 4.5.1 about listed building charge, to reflect to refer to additional objects that may be within curtilage. Added 4.1.11 for personal data information. Added Personal data to glossary.

  6. Following feedback from local authorities, a number of sections have been deleted resulting in re-numbering and the remaining sections have been significantly rewritten.

  7. Section 4.1.7: Further clarification on duplicate charges. Section 4.1.11: ‘Reference’ changed to Authority File Reference. Section 4.4.7: amended advice on multi polygon charges. Section 4.5.1: amendments to advice on Listed Buildings. Section 4.5.4: new section on Specific Financial Charges 4.5.4. Updates to glossary. New 'Appendix 1' to reflect changes to specific financial charges and some change of terminology.

  8. Document retitled. Digitisation & Migration (D&M) renamed Digitisation & Transformation (D&T). Additions to Section 4.5.1 Listed Building Charge.

  9. Section 2 inserted information on Purpose; Section 4.1.4 inserted information on General Financial Charges; Section 4.1.8 inserted information on existing extents in GIS systems; Section 4.5.1 inserted information on digital data from Historic England and examples; Section 4.5.2 inserted information on Light Obstruction Notices; Definition of ‘curtilage’ added; Appendix 1 updated under General Financial Charge and Light Obstruction Notices.

  10. Section 4.1.4 Expired charges: paragraph 1 updated. Section 4.1.8 Extent: new content about Land added to refer to plan provided and Appendix 3. Section 4.4.1 Digital records Structure: paragraph 2 and example added. Section 4.4.5 Unique Property Reference Numbers amended to refer to current UPRN. section 4.5.1 Information about Historic England added. Appendix 3 added. Appendix 1 updated.

  11. Information about format of dates added (section 4.1.12)

  12. First published.

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