Guidance

HM Land Registry data

Data collected or generated through our public services.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Published: 21 August 2014
• Last updated: 1 May 2026
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  1. 1 May 2026

     Added a new section entitled Public Sector Data Sharing.

  2. 13 October 2021

     We've added a Licence exceptions policy section.

  3. 14 August 2020

     We've corrected the licences required to use the Restrictive Covenants and Registered Leases datasets. An exploration licence allows the data to be used for 3 months to see if a product or service can be made to sell. The data is also available under licence for free for non-commercial use. A commercial licence is required to use the data in a product or service that is sold.

  4. 13 August 2020

     Added 'Restrictive Covenants' and 'Registered Leases' to the data available for use and reuse under the Open Government Licence (OGL).

  5. 7 November 2017

     Information updated as two datasets are now available free of charge: HM Land Registry: Overseas Companies Ownership Data and HM Land Registry: Commercial and Corporate Ownership Data.

  6. 28 July 2017

     We have partnered with Ordnance Survey: information about the Geovation Programme added.

  7. 21 August 2014

     First published.

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