We’ll need the original deeds

ULKASTUDIO/Shutterstock.com From October 2024 we will no longer accept conveyancer applications for ...

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Funding Service Design: Using content design to reduce the burden on applicants

In September 2022, I started on a new project as a content designer in the Funding Service Design te...

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Developing a service to assess and understand cyber resilience in local government

The DLUHC Local Digital team is supporting councils in England to build their cyber resilience. Thro...

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Future Councils Pilot insights: Common challenges to digital transformation in local government

The aim of Future Councils was to understand the conditions required for councils to become modern a...

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A foot in the Digital Front Door: expanding digital thinking in policy-making

In this post, Greg Winfield, Head of User-Centred Policy Design at DLUHC, talks about how adding use...

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Scaling data standards to support local government

One major challenge councils face is unconnected technology solutions that can’t share data with eac...

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Join us at our virtual Digital Recruitment Days and explore your next career move

Do you work in engineering, user research or interaction design, and are looking for a rewarding and...

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Join the Funding Service Design team

DLUHC’s Funding Service Design team is improving DLUHC’s funding service – we are redesigning key el...

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Applying user ecosystem thinking in Funding Service Design

In DLUHC’s Funding Service Design team, we design ways to improve the user experience of applying fo...

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Unlocking collaboration: new ways of working in our delivery community of practice

Delivery managers are accountable for the delivery of products and services. Due to the dynamic and ...

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Changes to our address for service policy and practices

We are constantly looking to improve clarity and consistency, as well as aiming to reduce the number...

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How sharing your experience helps to improve the Digital Registration Service

Thapana_Studio/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry’s Digital Registration Service (DRS) was launched i...

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Asking for guidance part 2: The case of the vexing restrictions

Approximately 65% of complex applications receive requisitions. This is because some points are hard...

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Accounting for discounts and incentives in developer applications

Konmac/Shutterstock.com We receive a lot of applications that refer to discounts and incentives, but...

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Can 6,700 Practice and Process subscribers be wrong?

Launching any new publication is an anxious time for everyone involved. Have we got the format right...

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Amalgamation or merger – what’s the difference?

Gajus/Shutterstock.com At HM Land Registry we find that applicants sometimes mistakenly refer to ama...

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Recognising the vital work of conveyancers

Reflecting on last week’s second National Conveyancing Week (NCW), we want to take this valuable opp...

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How Zero Down Lease is taking the fear out of leasehold extensions

Zero Down Lease took part in the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2022. The programme is co-sponso...

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Asking for guidance part 3: The case of the curious caution 

Approximately 65% of complex applications receive requisitions. This is because some points are hard...

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Transforming digital services for councils through our Round 6 projects 

We’re pleased to announce the 16 council-led digital projects that will be awarded funding through R...

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Veya’s use of HM Land Registry data to speed up property transactions

Veya was a participant in the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2019 – a programme which provides g...

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Benefits of a collaborative approach

National law firm Blake Morgan LLP is one of our most prolific customers by volume of applications. ...

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Future Councils: Meet our 8 pilot councils

We are delighted to announce the councils that will be taking part in the pilot of Future Councils -...

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HM Land Registry wants your views

Gajus/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry conducts quarterly customer satisfaction surveys through tel...

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DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister visits Buckinghamshire Council to see new Digital Planning software in action

DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer alongside Councillor Martin Tett, Leader of Bucking...

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Tried and tested tips for reducing requisitions 

@hsleathphoto HM Land Registry is working with customers to help drive down the number of requests f...

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Avoiding the simple errors that cause delays

Piranhi/Shutterstock.com Improving the speed of our services is our top priority. We continue to mak...

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Local Digital: 2022 in review

Local Digital is on a mission to bring together everyone required to make excellent local public ser...

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Continuous Data Assurance Helps to Make Better Services

In September 2020, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register Find an energy certificate service w...

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