Every UK Government Property Dataset Explained

How this guide is organised

UK government property data is published by many different agencies under different licences with different update cycles. This guide groups the major datasets by publisher and explains what each contains and how to access it.

HM Land Registry (HMLR)

Title Register

The official record of registered land and property in England and Wales. Each register entry shows the owner, any charges (mortgages), restrictions, easements, and covenants. Around 87% of land in England and Wales is registered. Access: gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry. Cost: £3 to £7 per document.

Title Plan

The boundary plan for each registered title. Access: same portal as title register. Cost: similar.

Price Paid Data (PPD)

Every residential property transaction since January 1995 sold at market value. Includes sale price, date, property type, tenure, and partial address. Open data, free, updated monthly. Access: landregistry.data.gov.uk.

Property Alert Service

A free service that notifies you of any registered activity on a property you own. Useful for fraud prevention. Access: gov.uk/protect-land-property-from-fraud.

INSPIRE Polygons

Geographic polygons for each registered title, used for boundary mapping. Open data, available via the HMLR API.

Ordnance Survey (OS)

AddressBase

The definitive address dataset for Great Britain. Every addressable location with a UPRN. Used by all UK public services. Some products are open data (AddressBase Core) and some are licensed.

MasterMap

Detailed topographic mapping of Great Britain. Includes building footprints, roads, paths, and natural features. Licensed, but available free to public sector and through educational licences.

Land Use Data

Land cover and land use classifications.

USRN (Unique Street Reference Number)

The street equivalent of UPRN, used by highways authorities.

Environment Agency (EA)

Flood Map for Planning

River and sea flood zones (1, 2, 3a, 3b) for England. Open data. Access: gov.uk/check-long-term-flood-risk and via the EA API.

Surface Water Flood Map

Surface water (pluvial) flood risk by location. Open data.

Reservoir Inundation Maps

Areas at risk if a specified reservoir were to fail. Open data.

Real-time flood warnings

Current flood warnings and alerts by area. Open data via the EA API.

River level data

Real-time water levels at monitoring stations. Open data.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

EPC Register

Every Energy Performance Certificate issued in England and Wales since 2008. Around 25 million certificates have been issued. Open data via epcregister.com and an API. Includes the SAP score, recommended improvements, floor area, fuel type, and other technical data.

Display Energy Certificates (DEC)

Energy certificates for public buildings.

Boiler Upgrade Scheme records

Public records of grants paid under the BUS scheme.

Historic England

National Heritage List for England

Every listed building, scheduled monument, registered battlefield, registered park or garden, and World Heritage Site in England. Around 380,000 entries. Open data via historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list and an API.

Heritage at Risk Register

Listed buildings at risk of loss or decay. Open data.

Cadw (Wales equivalent)

Cof Cymru

The equivalent National Heritage List for Wales.

Valuation Office Agency (VOA)

Council Tax Bands

The current council tax band for every dwelling in England and Wales. Open data via gov.uk/council-tax-bands.

Business Rates

Rateable values for non-domestic properties. Open data.

Rateable Values Lists (NDR)

Historical rateable values.

Local authorities

Planning Portals

Each local authority maintains its own planning portal showing applications, decisions, and conditions. Standards vary widely. The MHCLG Planning Data Platform aggregates some data centrally.

Conservation Area Maps

Each local authority publishes its conservation areas. Not centrally aggregated.

HMO Registers

Mandatory and additional licensed HMOs by local authority. Not centrally aggregated.

Land charges

Local land charges register entries (planning enforcement, conservation, tree preservation orders, etc.).

Coal Authority

Coal Mining Risk Areas

Historic and current coal mining hazards. Open data via the Coal Authority and used in conveyancing searches.

British Geological Survey (BGS)

GeoSure

Ground stability hazards (subsidence, swelling clay, soluble rocks, landslide, compressible ground, running sand). Free for non-commercial use.

Borehole records

Recorded boreholes for groundwater and ground investigation.

Geological maps

1:50,000 and 1:625,000 scale geological mapping of Great Britain.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Radon Atlas

Indoor radon exposure risk by area. Open data.

Ofcom

Broadband and Mobile Coverage

Available broadband speeds and mobile coverage by postcode. Open data via ofcom.org.uk.

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Census 2021

Population, household composition, ethnicity, language, deprivation. Open data.

English Indices of Deprivation (IMD)

Deprivation rank for every LSOA. Open data.

Index of Private Housing Rental Prices

Rental price changes by region and quarter. Open data.

House Price Index

Property price changes by region and month. Open data.

How Property Passport UK uses these

Property Passport UK aggregates the most useful of these sources into one verified per-property record for every one of the 19.35 million properties in England and Wales. The platform combines HMLR (tenure, sold prices), EPC Register (rating, expiry), Environment Agency (flood zone), Historic England (listed status), Local Authorities (conservation area), and Ordnance Survey (UPRN, address) into one search at [/search](/search). Free, no account required.

For data not currently in Property Passport UK, the original sources remain accessible individually using the links above.

Look up any UK property on Property Passport UK

Property Passport UK is the national property data registry for England and Wales. Verified data on every one of the 19.35 million properties from HM Land Registry, the EPC Register, Ordnance Survey, and the Environment Agency. Free, no account required. Search any address at [/search](/search).