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Tailor your experience with HM Land Registry by connecting directly, using Business Gateway

Digital applications are now the default route for business customers. There are two different ways to submit your applications online, either through the portal or using legal software through our Business Gateway (API) channel.

The portal

If you do not already use a case-management system (CMS) and have no requirement to streamline or automate processes, then you can submit applications on our online portal, using the Digital Registration Service. The portal is free to use and provides a single platform where you can lodge and monitor applications, reply to requisitions on your own or your colleagues behalf, and access information services.

Business Gateway

Business Gateway is an IT solution which allows direct integration between your business and HM Land Registry systems for managing our processes, including submitting digital applications. You can streamline your work and tailor how you work with us to fit neatly into your existing processes including using client information already in your case management system to quickly compile applications.

Benefits of Business Gateway

Integrate your data directly to HM Land Registrys systems by using Business Gateway, which can bring a range of potential additional benefits that could better suit your business. Depending on which of our services are connected, direct integration could save time, reduce errors and allow you to work from a single system.

The potential benefits of Business Gateway include:

• pre-populated data - reducing re-typing and human error, automatically pulling through information already entered elsewhere and from the register
• data validation and guidance - cutting requisition errors and cancellations by checking against the register as you go, calculating fees and prompting you to upload relevant documents
• collaborating?with colleagues - easily save draft applications, share work and link into other parts of your firms process
• dashboards with reminders and alerts - to view application status, manage by priority and ensure nothing gets missed
• automatic document storage - never mislay anything and save time downloading and storing documents, with new responses such as registration completed documents automatically collected
• easily reply to requisitions - reply to requisitions through free format notepad or uploading additional documents

Linking to other systems and information

This means you could access wider benefits such as the ability to:

• order searches and keep them in a single platform, including local authority, environmental, mining and more
• make all government submissions in one place
• have a single login to all your conveyancing services
• access streamlined conveyancing workflows, to help with compliance, save time and reduce risk
• access the latest digital legal forms and editable letters available in one place

How to access Business Gateway

There are two different ways to set up Business Gateway:

Third party access

Lots of third party suppliers who have developed software that allows access to Business Gateway through a shared CMS platform. The majority?of our customers access Business Gateway this way. Not all third party platforms can be customised specifically to your business needs, but still provide direct integration for most core HM Land Registry processes. This route to access Business Gateway is usually preferred by businesses with no IT development resource. If you already have a CMS, the provider might already have Business Gateway integration capability.

You can find out more about third party access.

Direct access

Direct access to Business Gateway means when your business links its own existing system, or creates a new system that integrates directly with Business Gateway. This access route is often most suitable for companies that have a designated IT resource with development capability. It can be customised specifically to your business needs, creating a bespoke direct access platform.

You can find out more about direct access.