HMLR accelerates move towards digital applications

HMLR accelerates move towards digital applications

HM Land Registry (HMLR) have announced that from November this year, all portal AP1 applications must be submitted using the Digital Registration Service.

Last year, they announced that from November 2022, most AP1 applications to change the register via our online portal will only be possible through the new Digital Registration Service. Some AP1 applications – namely leases and transfers of parts – were not planned to be part of the service until 2023.

They have been working with a wide range of customers to find out how they can make using the new service as simple and easy as possible. Based on those conversations, they have found a way to move all application types into the Digital Registration Service this year, including leases and transfers of part, months ahead of the original plans.

You can already use the Digital Registration Service for most AP1 applications, and over the next 6 months they’ll add the remaining transaction types ahead of the switchover to give you time to move to the new system before its withdrawal in November.

Steps to document registration withdrawal in November 2022:

HMLR say that the move to digital applications is “better for all of us”, and that customers using the new Digital Registration Service have already seen significant improvements in requisition rates and found it quicker and easier to use than the old system.

Andrea Fairweather, Residential Property Partner at Birchall Blackburn, said:

“It is definitely making a difference. Taking the time to switch to the new service has been worth the benefits.”

HMLR are committed to working with customers over the next 6 months to support this move. If you would like more information or help with making the switch to digital, get in touch at drs@landregistry.gov.uk.

More information about digital applications can also be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-digital-applications

Watch this overview about the switch to digital applications or this demo of the new Digital Registration Service.

HM Land Registry

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