Transport for LondonConveyancing searches
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Please note that although railway and highway searches may be requested directly from Transport for London (TfL), there are a number of commercial companies in the market that act as agents to provide a range of conveyancing searches, search bundles and one-stop-shop services.
The searches that these agents can provide include local authority, planning, environmental, utilities, mining, highway, chancel liability, water/drainage and flood searches, as well as railway searches.
Please enter 'conveyancing search companies' into your internet search engine to get a list of these companies.
TfL and LU searches
To request a London Underground, TfL rail, transit and tram services search, please email your request to railwaysearches@tfl.gov.uk
We require:- The full property address including postcode
- A copy of the Land Registry Title plan or an Ordnance Survey Plan extract (at 1:1250 scale) identifying the property
- A clear undertaking in the request email to pay the appropriate fee
- Information about existing and proposed Tube services and proposed transit, tram and railway schemes. We also provide a relevant Ordnance Survey 1:1250 scale location plan as appropriate
- We may provide information on legal matters such as property rights, wayleaves, grants, consents, leases, licences or other arrangements which affect the property
- Information about tunnel depths, and a location plan, as appropriate
- Where a property is affected by Crossrail proposals, we will also forward your enquiry to the Crossrail safeguarding teams
- £156, which includes VAT at 20 per cent, for a single residential property
- £240, which includes VAT at 20 per cent, for commercial properties, development sites or multiple residential properties
Railway Searches
Operational Property Division
Transport for London (Commercial Development)
84 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1PX
Please enclose a request letter, location plan and an undertaking to pay, or a cheque payable to, Transport for London.
Phone: 020 3054 5890
Highway searches
To request a highway search, please email your request to highwaysearches@tfl.gov.uk
We require:
- The full property address including postcode
- A copy of the Land Registry Title plan or an Ordnance Survey Plan extract (at 1:1250 scale) identifying the property
- A clear undertaking in the request email to pay the appropriate fee
- Information about existing highway services and proposed highway schemes. We also provide a relevant Ordnance Survey 1:1250 scale location plan as appropriate
- We may also provide information on legal matters such as property rights, wayleaves, grants, consents, leases, licences or other arrangements which affect the property
- Information from highway engineers, planners and designers as appropriate
- £90, which includes VAT at 20 per cent
You may also request searches by writing to:
Highway Searches
Operational Property Division
Transport for London (Commercial Development)
84 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1PX
Please enclose a request letter, location plan and an undertaking to pay, or a cheque payable to, Transport for London.
Phone: 020 3054 5888
Docklands Light Railway searches
Please send Docklands Light Railway search requests to:
Serco Docklands Ltd
Castor Lane
London E14 0DS
Tel: 020 7363 9700
Network Rail searches
Please refer to Network Rail website for more information or type 'Network Rail conveyancing searches' into your web search engine
Postal requests should be sent to:
Network Rail (Searches)
40 Melton Street
London NW1 2EE
