The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has awarded Community Interest Company Land Data , the National Land Information Service (NLIS) regulator, grant funding to develop the next generation of NLIS, an independent, regulatory platform for Official land and property data.   The UK Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) funds regulators and local authorities to trial new and innovative regulatory approaches enabling businesses to bring innovative

On October 6 th , the Government announced “the biggest shakeup to the homebuying system in this country’s history”  in its Plan for Change . New measures, which will be announced in early 2026, aim to speed up the process of buying a home by four weeks, save first-time buyers an average of £710 and halve fall-throughs.  This commitment to the reform of a ‘chaotic’ system, is long overdue, and at Land Data we welcome it wholeheartedly. The announcement focuses on the need for

Land Data’s Proof-of-Concept (PoC) project to explore the feasibility of a new technical and regulatory Framework for Official Conveyancing Searches has come to a successful conclusion. 

Work is well underway on our proof of concept (PoC) to explore the viability of a new platform for Official Searches. Our market research work over the Spring to understand the needs of the Official Searches market showed us that all parties in the home buying and selling space were interested in this concept. They wanted to see more about how a new platform might work in practice, and the benefits it could bring to them.   With this in mind, we are not just exploring a tech

Land Data is exploring ways in which NLIS can evolve to streamline and improve the Official Searches market, supporting stable property...

Land Data has today confirmed that the licence to operate The National Land Information Service (NLIS) Hub with Decision Insight Group...

It’s good to see Government unveiling new plans this week to modernise the home buying and selling process, making “home buying fit for...

This week we’ve hit a milestone: the National Land Information Service (NLIS) Hub has processed  27 million Official, Regulated...