Land Data Creates New Channel Strategy For NLIS

Land Data, the NLIS regulator, has today announced a new channel strategy for NLIS (the National Land Information Service), which includes a new license option allowing businesses to operate as a licensed provider of NLIS data. The new channel strategy has been devised to make NLIS more accessible, cost effective and ultimately more competitive.

Over the next 3 months, Land Data will brief companies on a new channel licensing option, enabling them to operate as an electronic conveyancing search distribution service. Under the terms of the new license agreement, the channels will handle authoritative searches from official data providers including all Local Authorities in England and Wales. The information is distributed to the licensed channels by the NLIS hub.

Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “The property searches market is changing, the market now demands more cost effective propositions from a reliable and secure source. Taking on new channels is fundamental to our strategy for NLIS and is key to our primary objective to make official land and property search information accessible to all.”

The new channel roles will take effect in October 2009.

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For further information please contact:
Fiona Barron / Justin Scott at Land Data
T: 07770 855 337 / 020 3043 8875
E: fiona.barron@land-data.org.uk / justin.scott@land-data.org.uk
www.land-data.org.uk

Notes to Editors
Land Data regulates NLIS, which was set up to support local authorities (LAs) and other property information holders in England and Wales in their move from manual to electronic provision of property information services. The NLIS Hub is connected to all local authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and other sources of land and property information. The information is distributed by NLIS Channels to around 15,000 subscribed solicitors and licensed conveyancers. Since it began operation in 2001, more that 16.7 million searches have been processed by the NLIS Hub. Land Data became a Community Interest Company in January 2006 in recognition of its commitment to making electronic property search information accessible to the general public and thereby improving the home buying process.