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LAND DATA SEEKS NEW NLIS CHANNEL PARTNERS
Land Data, the NLIS regulator, recently launched the 2010 NLIS (the National Land Information Service) channel license programme, inviting companies to apply for a license to operate as a regulated provider of NLIS data. For further
Under the terms of the license agreement, successful applicants will handle authoritative electronic conveyancing searches from official data providers including all local authorities in England
The first phase of the NLIS channel license programme, launched in May 2009 generated a high level of interest which secured two new licensees, Thames Water Property Insight and Australian based
Over the next 3 months, Land Data will brief applicants on the channel licensing options. The NLIS channel license fee costs £35,000 for 9 years, with no reoccurring annual payment. The new channel roles will take effect in September 2010.
Ian Swithenbank CBE, Chairman IDeA and Deputy Chair LGA Executive commented: “Land Data is the official government appointed organisation that manages and regulates the National Land Information Service (NLIS) contracts. Today NLIS carries the sole mandate of providing the only official electronic ‘front door’ for local authorities. Land Data’s role is to ultimately provide consumers, via NLIS, with official electronic land and property
Applicants can download a channel license preview document and register their interest at www.land-data.org.uk.
Fiona Barron /
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