New NLIS channel goes live

Published by Fiona Barron for Land Data in Local Government and also in Housing

Thames Water Property Insight (TWPI) is now operational as a National Land Information Service (NLIS) licensed channel. TWPI is the second licensed channel to provide authoritative electronic land and property searches nationally through NLIS to solicitors and the conveyancing community.

TWPI is offering over 90 property search products sourced directly from Land Registry, local authorities, the Coal Authority, water companies and other providers of land and property information.

Land Data (the NLIS regulator) CEO Jan Boothroyd said: “The NLIS Hub is a respected and trusted brand in conveyancing and is recognised as a source of reliable and accurate data with rapid response times. TWPI’s reputation as an established authoritative CON29DW data provider makes them a good fit for NLIS and we look forward to working with them.”

Jason McKinley, Head of Thames Water Property Insight, said: “We see Thames Water and NLIS as a perfect partnership and one that will seriously enhance our reputation for quality and marks us as a significant and long-term player in the provision of all property searches.”

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For further information please contact:
Fiona Barron / Justin Scott at Land Data
T: 07770 855 337 / 020 7268 3577
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 under an agreement made in 1999 with local government to fulfil objective 43 of the Modernising Government Action Plan and carries the sole mandate for NLIS commercialisation. IDeA established Land Data to serve the interests of the general public by making authoritative property search information accessible to all, whilst at the same time improving the home buying and selling process. Land Data fulfils this remit by promoting official electronically sourced land and property searches via NLIS, throughout England and Wales. 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 solicitors and licenses conveyancers. Since it began operation in 2001, over 18 million searches have been processed by the NLIS Hub.