Registers of Scotland is responsible for maintaining and compiling 19 public registers relating to land, property and other legal documents in Scotland. They’re an organisation with centuries of history, but a 21st century mandate to be an effective digital first asset for Scotland.

To achieve this RoS, who are sponsoring our Edinburgh Development Plans Conference this month, is in the midst of a digital transformation designed to deliver products and services that meet the needs of their customers and capitalise on new technologies. As part of this process, two important products are Development Plan Approval (DPA) and ScotLIS, Scotland’s Land Information Service – and we take a look behind the products:

 

Delivering confidence to property developments

DPA gives developers and solicitors the certainty that they and their customers can quickly register ownership and rights for new developments. DPA is free, fast and tailored to the needs of each individual customer. The RoS dedicated DPA team:

  • Checks your development plan against the registered title to rule out any extent issues
  • Examines draft deed styles to check that they meet the criteria for registration
  • Significantly reduces the risk of rejection at the registration stage for individual plots

Once you have DPA, you don’t need to provide paper deed plans for advance notices or house plot deeds: you can simply refer to your approved plan. The team will process all the advance notices related to approved developments and complete registration of house sale applications within 20 working days.

DPA has now been used by over 230 developers across Scotland, with over 780 developments approved through DPA since 2013. To find out more visit www.ros.gov.uk/dpa-product or email dpa@ros.gov.uk

 

An intuitive new land information service for Scotland

ScotLIS was officially launched in October 2017, following extensive research with a wide range of stakeholders. A lynchpin of the RoS digital transformation, ScotLIS is an easy to use, map-based, online land information service.

Designed for both the citizen and land and property professionals, the latter side of ScotLIS delivers a range of new features; these include an interactive and searchable map, improved Sasine register searching and access to the Register of Inhibitions. They’re continuing to further develop the service, widening digital access to the information they hold, and improving the usability of the service for stakeholders.

More information on ScotLIS, including how to sign up to the business side of the service, can be found at scotlis.ros.gov.uk.

 

To learn more about Registers of the Scotland join us at the Edinburgh Development Plans Conference where they’ll be exhibiting.