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Land searches surveyed
Land Data has been commissioned by Communities and Local Government (CLG) to conduct a survey of all Local Authority Local Land Charges Departments across England and Wales, to establish their state of readiness with regard to the government’s access guidelines issued in January this year.
The guidelines seek to deliver open access to local authority held property information.
Land Data’s survey will cover the five or six departments where the relevant data is held within each of the 410 Local Authorities. The survey will identify current access procedures, any access constraints, the current data format (electronic or paper) and any planned moves to electronic delivery.
The work is being undertaken over a four month period. The completed work will highlight those Local Authorities already able to work within the guidelines and those in the process of creating new access routes.
This work will inform CLG’s ongoing reforms of the property searches market.
Land Data’s chief executive Alex Fraser said: “Land Data is pleased to have been commissioned by CLG to carry out this important piece of work.
“The results of our research will play a key role in determining the government’s decision on the future of property searches,” Mr Fraser went on to say.
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