Exemplar 5: Land registry
Published 1 June 2013
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30 million transactions a year are handled by the Land Registry.
Department responsible
| Department | Permanent secretary | Digital leader |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Land Registry | Martin Donnelly | Tim Knighton |
Status
In beta development. The service will use the lessons from the recent Land Registry concept.
Watch a video about completing the concept:
Digital Land Registry: completing the concept filmed May 2014:
Watch footage from the “alpha in a day” event in July 2013, held by the Land Registry and the Government Digital Service:
Successes
Land Registry and GDS developed a concept showing how a digital service could look.
Land Registry and GDS employees have worked together as one team to build an alpha.
Passed alpha Digital by Default Service Standard assessment in October 2014.
Challenges
Split location with development team based in Plymouth means lost development time due to travel, amplified by many people on annual leave.
Next
Develop the beta service.
Continue user research throughout the beta phase.
Programme planning for digital change inside the agency.
Digital strategy statement
From the Department for Business Innovation & Skills digital strategy, December 2012:
Home buyers and business intermediaries will be able to search for, gain data on and register property in the UK, without the need for the delays inherent in current paper based systems.
Delivery status
Discovery
Completed: Discovery - March 2014.
Read about the discovery phase.
Alpha
Completed: Proof of concept - May 2014.
Completed: Start alpha build - July 2014.
Completed: alpha Service Standard assessment - October 2014.
Beta
Completed: Start beta development - January 2015
Release public beta - dates to be confirmed
Live
Service goes live (depending on Service Standard assessment) - dates to be confirmed
For further information about this project please visit our blog or contact us.