top of page

Our 2025
Award Categories

Tuesday 11th March 2025

The Radisson Blue Hotel East Midlands Airport

Whether you win, are highly commended or make the shortlist, being recognised in our Excellence Awards highlights the work your department delivers to the rest of your Local Authority, boosts team morale and shows your local community that you are working hard on their behalf. 

1.png
25.png

Customer Satisfaction
Award for all Searches

2.png
26.png

Best Performing
Searches Team Member

3.png
27.png

Local Authority Searches Team of the Year

4.png
28.png

Best Performing

Migrated LA

5.png
29.png

The Unsung Hero
 

6.png
30.png

Best Performing NLIS

LLC Department

7.png
31.png

Most Improved LLC Department

8.png
32.png

The Boothroyd Outstanding Contribution Award

award star white.png
award star white.png

Meet the Judges

20.png

FIONA BARRON

Land Data

Fiona was appointed Chief Executive in July 2021, prior to this she was Land Data's Head of Communications. Fiona has extensive experience in communications, strategy, and business development for complex and changing organisations.  She has worked with local Government and corporate clients in information technology,  telecoms, and the professional services sector.  Fiona is a Chartered PR practitioner.

22.png

NICK DYOSS

NLIS Hub

Nick has spent twenty years working in the legal services market with the last fifteen being spent in the legal searches market serving conveyancers. Prior to joining the NLIS Hub in January 2017 as the Hub Director, he was the Group Business Development Director for Searchflow. He has held a range of market-facing and service development roles at Landmark Information Group and Lexis Nexis, the legal publishers, as well as TM Property where he spent over ten years.

24.png

DIANE LATTER

The Law Society

Diane's work includes policy and legislative aspects of property law and conveyancing practice for both commercial and residential property. Diane sits on a number of Boards and groups including the Local Land Charges Advisory Board, the HMRC Stamp Duty Land Tax Working Together Steering Group, the Home Buying and Selling Group, the Land Registry Advisory Council and the Consumer Panel of the Property Ombudsman. Her current focus is to work collaboratively with others across the sector to improve the home buying and selling process for consumers

21.png

JAMIE WINCH

HM Land Registry

Jamie joined HM Land Registry in October 1989 as a legal caseworker, later becoming a customer team leader and working on HMLR register development projects with Local Authorities. He transferred to the Local Land Charges programme in 2013 and is now responsible for helping Local Authorities prepare for the new LLC service, and ensuring that it is successfully adopted by its customers. He works with a range of key industry partners, representative bodies and the LLC product team to ensure that the service delivers benefits to all stakeholders.

23.png

ANDREW SIMPSON

The Coal Authority

Andrew joined the Coal Authority in 2016, bringing with him 15 years of industry experience from his private sector, client facing roles. As the Coal Authority’s Head of Innovation Business Development, Andrew’s wealth of knowledge underpins his unique approach to transforming how the Coal Authority continually adapts to the needs of the industry. This has resulted in the provision of a responsive, progressive and outstanding level of service through its commercial reports and advisory services business.

becky.png

Rebekah Giubarelli

Castle Point Borough Council

Becky started work as a Local Land Charges Officer in 2008 at Thurrock Council and has taken on roles of Senior Local Land Charges Officer and Local Land Charges Manager working in both Unitary and District council settings. Becky is currently the Manager of the Local Land Charges Department at Castle Point Borough Council and joined the Local Land Charges Institute’s (LLCI) Board in 2019. Becky was recently appointed Co-Chair of the LLCI board and has played an active role in previous Training and Development Events.

Richard Bateman.png

Richard Bateman

East Hampshire District Council

Richard started his career in Local Government in 1994 working for Havant Borough Council, he moved into Local Land Charges in 1997 and rose through the team to become senior LLC officer in 2006. In 2017 he moved to East Hampshire District Council to become Local Land Charges and Address Management Team Leader. He joined the Local Land Charges Institute Board in 2015 and became joint Vice Chair in 2022. He assumed the role of joint chair in June of this year.

award star white.png

IN MEMORY OF JAN BOOTHYORD

The BoothroydOutstanding ContributionAward

This award takes its lead from the late Jan Boothroyd, an inspirational, compassionate and talented woman, who dedicated her career to Local Land Charges and led Land Data for 12 years before losing her battle to cancer in 2024.  

This award, sponsored by Land Data, encourages nominations for exceptional individuals who are doing more than the day job – they are committed to making a real difference in Local Land Charges.

3605.JPG

COMMENTS FROM PAST WINNERS

img-round-arun.jpg

"Being nominated not only boosts morale, it also gets your service recognised locally and nationally"

ARUN DISTRICT COUNCIL

Winner 2019, 2021 2022 & 2023 Customer Satisfaction Award and 2020 Best Customer Experience Award

"Winning the Customer Satisfaction Award means a lot to the whole team, especially as our customers had to nominate us for this category. It shows that all the hard work we put into providing a great service is really worthwhile! After winning the award our press office issued a press release which was shared on our intranet, it was also covered by the local press and our Council magazine, this really put Local Land Charges in the spotlight as many people didn't know who we are or even what we do!"

3605.JPG

PAST WINNERS

img-round-york.jpg

A fantastic opportunity to showcase your work and gain national recognition for your council!

City of York Council

2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 Best Performing NLIS Level 3 Local Land Charges Department Award Winner 

“The Land Data Local Land Charges Awards give LAs a fantastic opportunity to showcase their work and gain national recognition for their council.   We were so delighted to have won the Best Performing NLIS Level 3 category for the past 4 years, especially as the department’s team was reduced to just 2 full-time staff in 2019.  I would say if there are LLC teams out there unsure about entering, please don’t hold back!  Even if you don’t win or receive a highly commended trophy, just being on the shortlist will give your team a tremendous boost and show others the effort you put into your service.  After all the challenges and changes we’ve been through in the past two years  what have you got to lose?”

3605.JPG

COMMENTS FROM PAST WINNERS

Havering-Winners-2021.jpg

"I would definitely encourage all LLC teams to consider submitting an entry!”

London Borough of Havering

2021 & 2022 Local Authority Searches Team of the Year winner and highly commended in 2020 for the Local Authority Searches Team of the Year, the Digital Data Award & Best Customer Experience Award

“We were really happy to be recognised as the Local Authority Searches Team of the Year for two years in a row! To be independently recognised during such a challenging period, gave us a great boost and confidence to know we are doing things well and putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. It was also a great way to demonstrate to our Local Authority that the work LLC do is vital within our Borough.  I would definitely encourage all LLC teams to consider submitting an entry!”