Local Land Searches

On the 7 April 2021, the Local Land Charges Register moved to HM Land Registry. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council no longer provide a Local Land Charge search service. You can access the digital service through your portal account, Business Gateway and on the HM Land Registry pages on the GOV.UK HM Land Registry.

Con29 enquiries

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council will continue to provide replies to Con29 enquiries. It is important to remember to only submit the required fee, as stated in the tables below. Please note our current turnaround times for Con29 enquires is 7 working days.

Arrange a Con29 / Con290 land search online

For any Con29 enquiries, please contact land.charges@stockton.gov.uk

Fees for Con29 enquiries are as follows from 1 April 2022:

Please note payment is required once a search request has been accepted and work has begun processing. Upon receipt of a Con29 enquiry, the Land Charges Service will determine if the search request will be processed as a residential or commercial search. If you require any clarification prior to submitting your search please contact land.charges@stockton.gov.uk.

Inspection of Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Property Information

The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) give people a right of access to information about the activities of public authorities that relate to or affect the environment, unless there is good reason for them not to have the information.

Environmental information is any information on:

• the state of the elements of the environment and the interaction among these elements;
• factors affecting or likely to affect those elements;
• measures or activities affecting or likely to affect those factors or elements, or designed to protect those elements;
• reports on the implementation of environmental legislation;
• cost benefit​ and other economic analyses and assumptions used within the framework of those measures and activities; and
• the state of human health and safety, conditions of human life, cultural sites and built structures in as much as they are or may be affected by those elements.

Some environmental information is already freely available on this website. In these cases a formal request for information is not required as research can be made directly on the internet without cost. Where the Council receives an EIR request to supply information, appropriate fees may apply. The Regulations require that EIR information is provided within 20 working days, however this deadline can be extended to 40 working days where the request is both complex and a large amount of information is required.

Inspection timetable dates for EIR searches

Arrange for an inspection of the EIR regulations 2004 property information

For any queries regarding an EIR enquiry, please contact the relevant department:

• Highways: planningdevelopmentservices@stockton.gov.uk
• Planning: planningdevelopmentservices@stockton.gov.uk
• Environmental Health: environmental.health@stockton.gov.uk
• Housing: PrivateSectorHousing@stockton.gov.uk

Commonly asked for documents

If you require copy documents (charges may apply) please contact the following:

• Tree preservation orders: planningdevelopmentservices@stockton.gov.uk
• Section 38 agreements: htd@stockton.gov.uk
• Section 106 agreements: Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Public Access
• Section 104 agreements and drainage enquiries: Northumbrian Water