Land Charges Performance and Costs
Best Value Performance Indicator (BVPI) 179
This measures the percentage of standard searches carried out in 10 working days. Wealden District Council has an excellent record for its turnaround time for searches and this is shown below:-
Financial Year |
% of Searches turnaround within 10 Working Days |
2002/2003 |
99.90% |
2003/2004 |
99.90% |
2004/2005 |
100% |
2005/2006 |
100% |
2006/2007 |
100% |
In fact we aim to turnaround 100% of searches within 5 working days or less which we have been achieving over recent years and currently the average turnaround time is between 3 to 4 working days.
How many searches do Wealden receive?
The following shows the number of searches which Wealden has received over the years:-
Year |
No of Official Searches |
2001/02 |
5841 |
2002/03 |
5886 |
2003/04 |
5439 |
2004/05 |
4560 |
2005/06 |
4443 |
2006/07 |
4978 |
Cost of the Land Charges Service (Direct Expenditure)
| Year | Original Budget £(000) |
Actual Expenditure £(000) |
| 2005/06 | -372 |
-294 |
| 2006/07 | -341 |
-333 |
| 2007/08 | -99 |
