This article gives information on local authority hot issues that affect services such as delivery of searches 

Products Affected:

• Official Local Authority Search
• Regulated Local Authority Search

Reason:

• Local Land Charges have advised that they will be operating with limited resources due to annual leave from Monday 7th September 2026 to Monday 28th September 2026. Although searches will still be processed during this period, they will be unable to return results until an authorised officer is available to review and sign them off.

Expected Delay:

• Their turnaround time will remain at 10 working days and will be reviewed when their downtime begins.

Options:

• 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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