Guidance

Local land charges originating authorities

Updated 19 April 2024

Applies to England and Wales

An originating authority is most often a local authority that holds a local land charges register but there are many other originating bodies and organisations which include:

  • Bazalgette Tunnel Limited (trading as Tideway)
  • Brecon Beacons National Park
  • Broads Authority
  • Buckinghamshire County Council
  • Cadw
  • Cambridgeshire County Council
  • Cumbria County Council
  • Dartmoor National Park
  • Derbyshire County Council
  • Development corporations
  • Devon County Council
  • Dorset County Council
  • East Sussex County Council
  • Environment Agency
  • Essex County Council
  • Exmoor National Park
  • Exolum (Fisher German)
  • Forestry Commission
  • Gloucestershire County Council
  • Hampshire County Council
  • Hertfordshire County Council
  • Historic England
  • Housing associations
  • HS2 Ltd
  • Kent County Council
  • Lake District National Park
  • Lancashire County Council
  • Leicestershire County Council
  • Lincolnshire County Council
  • National Highways
  • Natural England
  • Natural Resources Wales
  • New Forest National Park
  • Norfolk County Council
  • North Yorkshire Moor National Park
  • North Yorkshire County Council
  • Northamptonshire County Council
  • Northumberland National Park
  • Nottinghamshire County Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Peak District National Park
  • Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
  • Snowdonia National Park
  • Somerset County Council
  • South Downs National Park
  • Staffordshire County Council
  • Suffolk County Council
  • Surrey County Council
  • Travel for Greater Manchester
  • Water companies
  • Warwickshire County Council
  • West Sussex County Council
  • Worcestershire County Council
  • Yorkshire Dales National Park