Parish Liability Search

Parish Liability Search – £15 (inclusive of VAT)

Chancel; “The space around the
altar of a church for the clergy and
sometimes the choir”

There are 15,000 parishes in England, out of those 5,200 are at risk from Chancel repair liability. Chancel repair liability benefits pre-Reformation churches in England and Wales. It allows the Church Council of the parish to require the owners of former rectorial land to pay for the repair of the church chancel.
 
Because the chancel of a church was the area where the parish priest or rector, officiated, the duty of repairing the chancel of an ancient parish church fell on the owner of property attached to the rectory.

It is important to know that such rectorial land was, and is not, necessarily situated in close proximity to a church building.

The Conveyancing Report Agency offers a Chancel Repair search to see if a particular property is liable for Chancel repair however a Parish Liability search is a low cost alternative designed to inform the legal profession if the property is within one of the 5,200 parishes where there continues to be a potential for chancel repair liability. £15 (inclusive of Vat)

We recommend a Parish Liability Search is carried out on every property transaction and if it shows potential liability we then recommend a full Chancel Repair Search is carried out. If a Chancel Repair Search is needed there will be a £15 discount off the cost of the search.

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