Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LOCAL AUTHORITY SEARCH FEE
  
  A fee paid by your solicitor to the local council to check on proposed developments such as roads or a housing estate in the area around your new home. The council also checks to see if any enforcement notices have been served on the property itself for violation of planning regulations, for example.
  
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