NLIS History

Today ...

NLIS has processed over 18 million searches

Around 112,000 searches are being completed monthly through NLIS.

NLIS covers an estimated 25% of all property searches for residential house sales.

99% of local authorities in England and Wales can send and receive searches electronically via NLIS.

Each NLIS Licensed Channel offers a huge variety of search products.
Around 15,000 solicitors use NLIS to purchase property searches on behalf of their clients. 

History

2009 - Thames Water Property Insight and GlobalX Information Services are awarded licenses to operate as NLIS channels 

2008 - C-NLIS changed its name to Land Data cic

2006 - The NLIS project became independent of the government and C-NLIS, a Community Interest Company was created in order to manage it.

In late 2006 C-NLIS appointed search provider Jordans Limited as an additional licensed channel after MDA Transaction Online and Searchflow merged.

2003 - NLIS passed the one million searches barrier.

2001 - NLIS went live in February 2001, processing around 1000 searches per week via connections to over 40 local authorities.

2000 - A 'Hub' licence was awarded to MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd and Channel licences were awarded to TM Search, MDA Transaction Online and SearchFlow (for more see About NLIS).

1999 - LGIH (Local Government Information House) formed as the contracting body for the infrastructure licences.

1998 - A 'proof of concept' pilot took place in Bristol. As a result,the government granted funding of £2.3m to develop the project further, lead by a partnership between HMLR (Land Registry) and the IDeA (Improvement & Development Agency).

1992 - NLIS was a central theme of the government's Citizens Charter White Paper.

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