Data

Making home buying and selling faster with upfront data 

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Business woman studying the data over a model of a house and block of flats.

Home Sale Pack joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2024. The programme, backed by HM Land Registry and Ordnance Survey, provides start-ups with grant funding and 12 months of support, encouraging the innovative use of our data to benefit the property market, society and the economy.  

Right-first-time planning submissions

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UK Planning Gateway aims to cut delays in the planning process by fixing the small but costly inconsistencies that delay applications. Drawing on direct experience and land data insight, this new approach helps developers submit clearer, right-first-time applications. This translates into meaningful time savings for applicants and local authorities alike and keeps projects moving.

More HM Land Registry customers are saving time and money with right-first-time applications

Application quality is increasing, but we still have work to do. Look out for your email with details of your avoidable requisitions score.

Qualified Electronic Signatures: Answering your questions

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Following HM Land Registry's recent announcement that we will accept Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), we've put together answers to your most frequently asked questions to help you understand how this is working in practice.

PropTech company Searchland goes from strength to strength

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Searchland co-founder Hugh Gibbs with the logos of HM Land Registry, Searchland, Geovation and Ordnance Survey.

In our new podcast, Searchland co-founder Hugh Gibbs explains the benefits of taking part in the Geovation Accelerator Programme and how it probably sped up the start-up’s development by a year, fast-tracking their journey from an idea to a business.

Opening the door to easier property transactions

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Michael Wadsworth and his team have built adoor to help buyers, sellers, conveyancers and estate agents track the progress of property transactions from mortgage to moving day. Michael explains how adoor uses HM Land Registry data and the difference the Geovation Accelerator Programme made to the firm's development.

How Blocktype makes it easier to understand housing development potential

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Blocktype’s mission is to make it easy for anyone to understand what housing you can build where. Co-founder Euan Mills explains how the start-up developed a tool allowing anyone to explore easily what housing can fit on a plot of land, with the help of the Geovation Accelerator Programme and HM Land Registry data.