Lynne Nicholson
Head of Data Products and Services
HM Land Registry
United Kingdom

Biography
Lynne has worked for Land Registry England and Wales for over 30 years and has held a variety of positions. Most recently, Lynne led the commercial services product management team through the development of 17 products and services aimed at a wide variety of market sectors. In November 2013 she was appointed Head of Data Products and Services and her team switched priorities from the development of commercial services to releasing licensable datasets in order to support the Government agenda of driving economic growth through the publication of public data.

Abstract
Land Registry England and Wales – turning data into smart information

Although the core business for Land Registry (England and Wales) is the registration of titles, it is rapidly becoming a data-centric organisation which is working hard to move statutory registration services from the electronic delivery of information to a selection of digital services. Land Registry are developing a Property Page for every addressable property in England and Wales, a Digital Register providing a ‘public friendly’ view of the registered title and a Digital Charge to enable customers to submit a new charge for registration. In addition to this, the release of datasets in order to drive economic growth has accelerated over the past two years. A data publication programme is now embedded within the Land Registry Business Strategy with the main objective being to publish all releasable datasets by March 2018. A significant part of the infrastructure needed to facilitate the release of the data and services was originally developed for the release of Land Registry’s INSPIRE polygons which have been downloadable since September 2013. The release of INSPIRE polygons has enabled users to develop a variety products and services using geographic information systems. Building on the success of the last two years, the publication programme has game-changing plans to: - Further develop and enhance our digital service offerings, - Develop a single, easy-to- use, online access point for open licence and paid for data - Release at least four further datasets a year for the next three years (including additional polygon data to enable more detailed products - Champion innovation and drive development by working closely with IT developers and start-up companies