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Local Land Charges have informed us due to planned essential software changes and data migration, there will be a temporary disruption from Thursday 9th April 2026 until Thursday 30th April 2026 to the South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council Local Land Charges service in which no searches can be processed or returned.

Further to our notification on Monday 13th July 2026, we have received a further update from the Local Land Charges Department advising that there has been an additional delay to the implementation of their new system however please rest assured that Local Land Charges are actively working to resolve the remaining issues and are hopeful that a fix will be in place this week. However, they are currently unable to provide a confirmed go-live date.

Unfortunately, no alternative process is available at present, and all affected searches remain on hold until the new system is fully operational.

We appreciate the inconvenience this may cause and are continuing to liaise closely with the Local Land Charges team. We will provide a further update as soon as we receive confirmation that the system is live and search processing has resumed.

Their turnaround time has been increased from 70 to 80 working days due to the downtime.

What we can offer is to provide a search delayed indemnity policy. If you would like to proceed with this option, then please send us the limit of indemnity so we can provide you with an accurate quote. Otherwise, we will keep chasing the Local Authority and have the completed search back with you as soon as possible.
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