Guidance

HM Land Registry Information Services and Land Charges Services

Business e-services customers can use the portal or Business Gateway to access information from the Land Register or apply for searches.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Published: 16 June 2014
• Last updated: 13 November 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Business customers can use HM Land Registry information services to get information faster and more cheaply than by post.

Information Services

Information Services you can access include:

• Request official copies
  submit a request for official copies of registers, title plans and documents
• Official search of whole with priority
• Official search of part with priority
• Withdraw official search with priority
• Official search of whole without priority
• Local Land Charges Search
• MapSearch (portal only)
  search an online map to check if land and property in England and Wales is registered, get title numbers and find out if tenure is freehold or leasehold
• Application Enquiry
• Search of the index map
• Home rights search
• Search of the index of relating franchises and manors
• Enquiry by property description title view
• Register view (view a title register as PDF or HTML, print and view the day list for that title)
• Title plan view
  view a title plan as a PDF and print it
• Document view
  view a document as a PDF and print or save it
• Request historical copies

Land Charges Services

Land Charges Services you can access include:

• Land Charge searches (bankruptcy only)
  search for bankruptcy information for private individuals, limited and public limited companies, complex names and local authorities
• Land Charges Full search
  search the Land Charges index, view results as PDFs and request official copies
• Land Charges Official copy
  capture Land Charges official copy data
• Land Charges Registration view
  view details of a submitted application

How to get access

You need to complete an application for Business e-services and agree to the Conditions of use.

You will also get access to our electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS) and Digital Registration Service.

There is no fee to sign up to Business e-services, but you must have at least one variable Direct Debit account to pay fees for the services you use.

Apply for HM Land Registry Business e-services

Published 16 June 2014
Last updated 13 November 2019 + show all updates

1. 13 November 2019

   Updated the list of Information Services you can access.

2. 16 June 2014

   First published.