Information for Personal Searchers

INFORMATION NOTE FOR PERSONAL SEARCHERS

(Amended 2022)

Personal Search Requests

Requests for personal searches may be made by telephone or in writing but email requests are preferred.

Contact details: 
By post:- Local Land Charges Section, Gosport Borough Council, Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 1EB

By telephone:- 02392 545483 or 02392 5414

By email:-  land.charges@gosport.gov.uk

Full property addresses must be provided at all times and plans made available if required.

All Con29 Enquiries
The enquirer must obtain replies to Con29 search enquiries direct from individual Council Departments.  The enquirer must make separate enquiry of each Department and make any appropriate payment, payable in advance of information being supplied.

Contact details are as follows:-

Local Land Charges:-  Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 1EB; Tel. 02392 545483 or 02392 5414; email at land.charges@gosport.gov.uk- Re Local Land Charges Register and Q.3.15

Building Control:-  Civic Offices, Civic Way, Fareham, Hants, PO16 7AZ; Tel. 01329 824823; email at bcpartnership@fareham.gov.uk- Re Q1.1(f, g & h) and 3.8 (upto 1 July 2016),  Re Q1.1 (j, k, l) and 3.8

Development Management (Planning):-  Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 1EB; Tel. 023 92 545483; email at planning@gosport.gov.uk- Re Q.3.9 and 3.10(b) (upto 1 July 2016), Re.Q 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11(b)

Environmental Health:-  Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 1EB; Tel. 023 92 545507; email at ehs@gosport.gov.uk- Re Q.3.7 and 3.12(b)(i) and (c) (up 1 July 2016), Re. Q 3.7 and 3.13 (a, b & c)

Local Enquiries (Con29) Search
Free statutory information:

Planning
The following information/registers relating to the Local Enquiries (Con29) Search are available free of charge from the Council's Planning Department at the
Town Hall, Gosport:-

Planning Register (Q.1.1(a)-(i))
Local Plan (Q.1.2)

NB.  Planning history information dating back to 1992/93 is also available free of charge on the Council's website (www.gosport.gov.uk).

Information only available from sources other than Gosport Borough Council:

Highways
Separate enquiry should be made of Hampshire County Council regarding information/registers for highway matters included in the Local Enquiries (Con29R) Search re Q.2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 e & g, 3.12.  Please contact Highway Land Charges Team, Environment Dept, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD. (email address:  land.charges@hants.gov.uk).

Radon Gas
Separate enquiry should be made at www.UKradon.org regarding information on radon gas. (Q.3.14)

Building Control
The Building Control Partnership may be contacted via the Civic Offices, Civic Way, Fareham, Hants, PO16 7AZ; Tel. (01329) 824823; email at bcpartnership@fareham.gov.uk.  Information requested direct from the Partnership may incur a charge - details may be obtained from the Partnership.

Copy documents
Copies of documents may be requested.  Advance notice will be required.  The fee for copies is 20p per side.

Any comments, suggestions or complaints about our personal search service should be made in writing to Debbie Gore, Head of Development Management, Gosport Borough Council, Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, PO12 1EB.