Celebrating four years of the Local Digital Declaration
Every July, the Local Digital team holds a month-long campaign to celebrate the anniversary of the l...
Piloting a Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government
The potential impact of a cyber incident in a council can be devastating, as high profile attacks on...
Handy new checklist for lease extensions (surrender and regrants)
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry has published a handy new checklist for use when hand...
How SearchLand is using our data to help land developers
SearchLand's co-founders: Archie Kennedy-Dyson, Arthur Goodhart and Hugh Gibbs SearchLand was a part...
Women working in digital, data and technology, part 2: leadership
There’s no set path to working in digital, data and technology (DDAT). Women working in these profes...
Digital planning reform - an overview
Have you ever tried to get planning permission or engage with the planning system as a user? For hom...
Building confidence and expertise in local government for successful digital transformation
In the Local Digital Declaration, we outline our commitment to ‘creating the conditions for genuine ...
What we learned from the Local Digital Roadshow 2022
The Local Digital team holding a workshop with attendees during the Yorkshire Roadshow. This year ha...
What’s in a name?
iChzigo/Shutterstock.com Every year, we send more than 200,000 requests for information (requisition...
Progress on the Register of Overseas Entities
The new Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill received royal assent on 15 March and bec...
Pressing on with Local Land Charges delivery
Ant Clausen/Shutterstock.com Four years ago, the Local Land Charges Rules came into force providing ...
Spring 2022 portal changes: View Applications
View My Applications was launched within our customer portal in August 2020. This feature enables ou...
Digital applications – 6 months to go
Six months ago, we told customers we had a year to switch to digital applications. Now at the midway...
Programme to help PropTech and geospatial start-ups wins award
I have been lucky enough to work on the Geovation Accelerator Programme since 2017 as part of HM Lan...
How Skyroom is helping landowners deliver housing in London
A Skyroom development in Southwark, London. Artistic impression. Skyroom was a participant in the Ge...
Register of Overseas Entities: How it affects land transactions
The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities that own or acqu...
Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital
May-N presenting at an event for local government This week brings to a close my two and a half year...
Electronic signatures: our new practice guide and the future
Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock.com In August last year I wrote about the role of electronic signature...
Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber
The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few mon...
What do we do with customer feedback?
IhorZigor/Shutterstock.com Our customers’ voices are heard clearly across HM Land Registry. They are...
We’re accelerating our move towards digital applications
Last year we announced that, from November 2022, most AP1 applications to change the register via ou...
Private sector collaboration helps Local Land Charges Programme delivery
everything possible/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will...
Modernising planning software in collaboration with councils and their suppliers
Our digital planning software work is moving into a new phase of collaboration and delivery with Loc...
View My Applications will soon include your colleagues’ work
insta_photos/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increa...
HM Land Registry fees are changing
anabaraulia/shutterstock.com From 00.01 am on Monday 31 January 2022, Scale 1 and Scale 2 land regis...
Celebrating Geovation’s start-up successes – and seeking the next cohort
From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increase. See Fees review 2021 to 20...
Introducing a new service to “Submit social housing lettings and sales data (CORE)”
We previously blogged about how and why DLUHC is looking at reducing the burden of data submission t...
Why we’re making data returns less burdensome for Local Government
A big part of the work of organisations that deliver local services is submitting data about their a...
5 top tips to keep your property safe
Ivan Kruk/Shutterstock.com Combating fraud is a key priority for us at HM Land Registry. Over the pa...
Digital applications will be game-changing – for you and us
The pandemic has changed the way we work over the past 20 months, especially in the use of technolog...