Guidance

Property Data Pilot questionnaire

Updated 21 October 2025

Applies to England and Wales

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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-land-registry-local-land-charges-programme/property-data-pilot-questionnaire

HM Land Registry is conducting a pilot on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The pilot will explore the impact of digitalising and improving the access to the building regulations and highways data held by local authorities.

1. We need your input

To support this work, we are asking local authorities to complete the questionnaires below by 14 November 2025. The information you provide will help us to better understand how your building regulations and highways datasets are stored and accessed.

Complete the highways assessment questionnaire

Complete the building regulations questionnaire

We understand that completing the questionnaires may require input from colleagues in different departments. Please share the hyperlink to this page with relevant team members to ensure all the questionnaire sections are completed accurately. We will collate all the responses when they are submitted.

2. What happens next

Our team will contact you if we do not receive a completed questionnaire. When all the questionnaires are received, we will compile the findings, to inform the recommendations we present to MHCLG.

3. About the property data pilot

The pilot will assess how digital access to building control and highways data could improve the homebuying and selling process. Potential benefits could include:

  • faster property transactions

  • reduced fall-through rates (currently impacts more than 8% of property buyers)

  • more efficient data management

  • fewer customer queries

  • improved customer experience

Your participation will help shape future policy and improvements to property data access across England and Wales.

Contact us: lapropertydatapilot@landregistry.gov.uk

4. Documents

HM Land Registry launches new property data pilot ODT, 7.5 KB

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