# Land Passport — Derby: full text for AI assistants

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Concept-stage research proposal. No partnership or institutional endorsement is implied.


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A research & innovation invitation · Derby 2026

# Collect once.
Reuse for life.
One Digital ID for every site.

Today, site information is re-surveyed, re-requested and lost at handover. Land Passport gives each site one Digital ID that keeps its record — from first appraisal to the building's fiftieth year.

Request a 30-minute scoping call See the Derby pilot

An independent discussion brief for the University of Derby and Derby City Council.

01 / The opportunity

## Land has a past, a present and a future. Its data should too.

Today, useful site information is spread across organisations, reports and project stages. Land Passport proposes a persistent digital identity that links those records, preserves their provenance and makes them reusable.

The familiar problem

### Start again. Again.

Planning records, title information, surveys, drawings and maintenance documents sit in separate places. Data is repeated, disconnected or difficult to verify.

The proposed approach

### One ID. Improved for life.

One site identity links trusted sources, maps, BIM models and later performance records, while controlling who can see and update each item.

01Connect sources

02Verify & date records

03Analyse scenarios

04Preserve & reuse

The original vision film

### See the idea in motion.

A five-minute founder introduction is available on demand. The rest of this briefing is designed to be understood without watching a video.
Read the full pilot proposal

Why now · Official UK government roadmap

## The UK is moving to digital property records.

The government intends to make digital logbooks and property sales packs a standard part of property transactions through future legislation, when parliamentary time allows. They are not yet universally mandatory.
Read the government's full reform roadmap

82%of consultation responses supported wider use of digital property logbooks and packs.

2027Government to start considering which homeownership schemes should require logbooks and packs.

Source: GOV.UK, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, June 2026 ↗

Where Land Passport fits

HM Land Registry's Business Plan 2026+ commits to testing "new ways for people to access property information, such as through digital property logbooks", to common data standards, and to expanding Unique Property Reference Numbers to make property information easier to connect and share.

Digital logbooks already exist for homes that are built and sold. Land Passport's aim is to extend that record back to the land and planning stages — so the information a homeowner eventually receives starts with the site appraisal, planning consent and BIM model, rather than being reassembled at the point of sale.
HM Land Registry Business Plan 2026+

02 / The concept, made simple

## One passport.
Three connected lives.

Select each phase to see how the same site record could grow over time.

Explore the full interactive layer model

LAND PASSPORT Concept example

PHASE 01 / DISCOVER

### Understand the land.

Boundary, planning context, access, environmental constraints and initial development options.

Land ID & ownershipGIS constraintsPlanning & accessSite scenarios & risk

One persistent site identityFoundation record

Illustrative workflow, not a live council or Land Registry integration. Actual records would retain their source, verification status, permissions and update history.

- Verified

- Imported

- Inferred

- Simulated

WATCH / DIGITAL TWINS EXPLAINED

Digital twins explained

### What is a digital twin?

A five-minute film on how a digital twin mirrors a real site and building, keeps learning from live information, and stays connected to its Land Passport record.
Explore the digital twinRead the full pilot proposal

03 / Interactive Land Passport

## Explore the site, layer by layer.

Digital ID

Digital Twin

DRAG TO ROTATE · SELECT A VIEW · PINCH OR CTRL + SCROLL TO ZOOM

04 / Why Derby?

## Derby has the city twin. Now give every site a memory.

The city twin shows it. The Land Passport remembers it.

Derby already leads at city scale — a council 3D digital twin, an award-winning AI programme and university research on GIS, BIM and sustainable cities. Land Passport adds the missing layer: the individual site's whole-life record.

Developer submits3D model + data

City Digital TwinHow it will look

Land PassportWhat it is, what was decided, what was built

Derby City Council / since January 2026

### The Derby City Digital Twin

Built with local specialist Digital Urban, the council's 3D city model shows how a proposed building will look in the city centre, and developers of relevant city-centre schemes now supply a 3D model. Land Passport would keep that model — and the data behind it — attached to the site for life.
Council's official digital twin information ↗

Derby City Council / AI in public services

### An award-winning AI programme

Working with ICS.AI, the council has built what it describes as the UK's first unified AI operating model for local government, identifying £12m in savings and winning Gold for AI in Public Services in 2026. AI works best on clean, sourced records — which is what a Land Passport holds.
Council's AI awards news ↗

University of Derby / current research

### DUST and built-environment research

Derby's Urban Sustainable Transition (DUST) uses GIS, computational modelling and immersive visualisation to explore the city's future. The Built Environment Research Cluster works on BIM, parametric design, AI and net-zero buildings — ready foundations for an independently evaluated site pilot.
University's DUST research ↗

05 / What Derby gets

## A reason for every partner to say yes.

One pilot, three kinds of return — each measured, not assumed.

Derby City Council

### Fewer re-requests. A reusable record.

- Each consented site keeps its approvals, conditions and 3D model in one place

- Evidence for digital planning and housing-delivery goals

- Clean, sourced data that AI services can use safely

University of Derby

### A live city testbed.

- A real site for KTP, PhD and student projects

- Research impact and knowledge exchange with local industry

- Independent evaluation of a new land-record standard

Developers & landowners

### One record from planning to handover.

- Less time finding, re-surveying and re-sending information

- A traceable building record for safety, warranties and future works

- A site history that adds confidence at sale or refinance

AI-ready land record

### Built for the AI era — with people in control.

AI is only as good as the records behind it. A Land Passport keeps every item sourced, dated and permissioned, so future tools — including the council's own — could answer questions about a site without guessing.

- SourcedEvery record shows where it came from and when

- VerifiedStatus is visible: draft, checked or approved

- PermissionedOwners decide who can see and update each item

- LinkedDesigned to connect to UK identifiers such as UPRN and title

Benefits are what the pilot would test. Any figures will be published only once measured.

WATCH / THE DERBY PILOT · 2 MIN

The Derby pilot in two minutes

### From city model to site memory.

Why Derby's 3D city twin needs a site-level record behind it — land intelligence, scenario simulation and one permanent Digital ID — and how a Derby Living Lab would test it on one real site.
Read the full pilot proposalRequest a 30-minute scoping call

06 / A practical next step

## Derby Living Lab: one site, three workstreams, measured results.

A modest, measurable research pilot: start with one small housing site in Derby, build its passport from raw land, and test whether joined-up records improve real planning, design and asset decisions.

Suggested primary test case5–20New homes / one siteSite and partners to be agreed.

WORKSTREAM 01 / LAND

### Discover & compare

Connect public and permitted site data, capture data provenance, and compare feasible planning scenarios, risks and local impacts.

WORKSTREAM 02 / BUILD

### Design & verify

Link decisions, permissions, BIM information, inspections and construction change into a traceable design-to-as-built record.

WORKSTREAM 03 / LIFE

### Handover & learn

Explore records for energy, equipment, warranty and future changes; use an existing occupied asset if the new site has not reached this stage.

Two ways to test

### Choose the first pilot site

Option A
City-centre site within the council's Digital Twin area

Tests how a site record works alongside Derby's existing 3D city model — the strongest interoperability story, with more parties, approvals and model-preparation cost.

Option B
5–20 homes within the city boundary, from raw land

Tests the full chain from land appraisal to planning, construction and handover on one manageable site — the clearest measure of time saved.

Either can lead; the other can follow as a separately scoped study. Compare both options

### What would we measure?

- Time and effort spent finding or recreating site information

- Data completeness, traceability and reliability

- Quality of planning and development-option comparisons

- Usefulness of digital handover and ongoing asset information

### Who could contribute?

- University: research design, ethics and independent evaluation

- Council: planning context, public data and feedback

- Developer & landowner: consenting site, project data and use cases

- Land Passport team: system concept, prototype and built-environment coordination

Read the full pilot proposal Research question, data structure, acceptance criteria, roadmap and governance.

The pilot, timescales and any funding route are subject to joint scoping, data rights, due diligence and eligibility. No organisation is shown as an agreed participant.

07 / Funding

## How a pilot could be funded.

Most routes are led by the University or the Council, with Land Passport as the industry partner. Four fit best today.

University-ledRound 4: 19 Oct 2026 – 20 Jan 2027

### Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Innovate UK part-funds a graduate associate embedded in the company for up to two years, supervised by University of Derby academics. Illustrative total project cost ~£204k; the company contributes about a third.

Council-ledFuture round not yet confirmed

### PropTech Innovation Fund

MHCLG has funded consortia of technology firms and at least two planning authorities to pilot digital planning tools. Round 6 shared £2.4m across 11 consortia; no new round is confirmed yet.

RegionalProgrammes moving into delivery

### EMCCA Local Growth Fund

The East Midlands Combined County Authority's £107m plan covers several priorities, including innovation and housing. A route for strategic alignment — not an open grant.

Land PassportNext application dates not yet confirmed

### Geovation Accelerator

Backed by Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry: equity-free funding, national land data and mentoring for land and property data products.

Also in view: East Midlands Investment Zone Innovation Accelerator, Innovate UK BridgeAI, Horizon Europe New European Bauhaus 2027 and G-Cloud for council procurement. Eligibility, match funding and dates must be confirmed with each funder; no application has yet been made.
See the full funding register

08 / Who's behind it

## Built by practitioners, opened to partners.

Land Passport comes from day-to-day architecture, planning and construction work in Derby — the places where site records get lost.

Founder & CEO

### Tomas Gurcinas

BA (Hons) Architecture, MCIOB. Leads Emperus Architecture, a Derby-based architecture and planning consultancy, and builds land-intelligence tools for planning and development.

Intended operator: FOX Intelligence (to be confirmed), with Emperus for architecture, planning and construction expertise. Governance framework →

Open invitations

### Partners we are seeking

- University research lead and evaluation team

- Council planning and digital sponsor

- Developer or landowner with a 5–20 home site

- Technical partner, including the city twin's provider

More detail

Pilot proposalResearch question, site options, acceptance criteria and roadmapTechnologyProposed integration framework and UK open-data sourcesGovernanceLegal identity, data protection, UK GDPR and intellectual property

09 / Questions & answers

## The briefing in brief.

Short, direct answers for colleagues, reviewers and research assistants.

What is Land Passport?

Land Passport is a proposed persistent Digital Land ID for an individual site. It links land, planning, construction and building records to one identity, connected to a digital twin, so information follows the site for its whole life instead of being scattered, recreated and lost.

What is the proposed Derby Living Lab?

A modest, measurable research pilot: start with one small housing site in Derby (indicatively 5–20 new homes), build its passport from raw land, and test whether joined-up records improve real planning, design and asset decisions. Site, scope and partners are still to be agreed.

How does it relate to the Derby City Digital Twin?

It would complement it. Since January 2026, Derby City Council's 3D Digital Twin, built with Digital Urban, has shown how proposed buildings will look in the city centre, and developers of relevant schemes supply a 3D model. Land Passport would keep that model and the data behind it attached to the site for its whole life — the city twin shows it; the Land Passport remembers it. It also complements the University of Derby's DUST research.

Who could contribute to the pilot?

The University for research design, ethics and independent evaluation; the Council for planning context, public data and feedback; a developer and landowner for a consenting site and project data; and the Land Passport team for the system concept, prototype and built-environment coordination. No organisation is shown as an agreed participant.

What would the pilot measure?

Time and effort spent finding or recreating site information; data completeness, traceability and reliability; the quality of planning and development-option comparisons; and the usefulness of digital handover and ongoing asset information.

How could a Derby pilot be funded?

Most routes are led by the University or the Council, with Land Passport as industry partner. The best current fits are an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Derby (Round 4 runs 19 October 2026 to 20 January 2027; the company co-funds about a third and must meet eligibility rules), a future council-led consortium for MHCLG's PropTech Innovation Fund (no new round confirmed), strategic alignment with the East Midlands Combined County Authority's Local Growth Fund, and the Geovation Accelerator. No application has yet been made, and eligibility and dates must be confirmed with each funder.

Does Land Passport use AI?

It is designed to be AI-ready rather than AI-dependent. Every record keeps its source, date, verification status and permissions, so AI tools — such as Derby City Council's own AI services — could answer questions about a site from trusted data. People stay in control of what is shared and approved.

What standards would it align with?

The pilot would test links to UK identifiers such as UPRN and Land Registry title, BIM information under ISO 19650 and IFC, the principles of the Building Safety Act's golden thread (a statutory duty only for higher-risk buildings), and MHCLG's Open Digital Planning work.

Which site would the pilot test?

Two options are proposed. Option A is a city-centre site within Derby City Council's Digital Twin area, testing how a site record works alongside the existing 3D city model. Option B is a 5–20 home site within the city boundary, starting from raw land, testing the full chain from appraisal to handover. Either can lead, with the other as a separately scoped study; the choice will be agreed with partners.

Is the 3D model based on surveyed data?

No. It is an IFC-derived concept model of a demonstrator building. The land, landscape and service-network layers are illustrative and are not surveyed or verified as-built records.

Next step · 30 minutes

## Could Derby help shape the future of the land record?

A short scoping call to agree a suitable site, the research questions and the best-fit funding route — starting with KTP Round 4, which closes on 20 January 2027.

Download the one-page briefing (PDF)

Tomas Gurcinas BA (Hons) Architecture, MCIOBLand Passport · Digital Land Intelligence
Architecture, planning & construction management

t.gurcinas@gmail.com
+44 (0)7738 968951

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Pilot proposal · October 2026 · for discussion

# Derby Land Passport Living Lab

A proposed research collaboration between industry, the University of Derby and Derby City Council to test whether one traceable digital site record can reduce duplicated work, improve planning information and preserve knowledge throughout a building's life — starting with one real Derby site, evaluated independently, and designed to complement the city's existing Digital Twin.

Proposed research question

Can a persistent, source-traceable digital record reduce information loss and duplicated effort between land appraisal, planning consent, construction and property handover?

Why nowTest-site optionsRecord structureData statusAcceptance criteriaPartner rolesRoadmapFundingGovernance

01 / Why now

## National policy is moving towards digital property records.

The government's Home buying and selling reform roadmap (June 2026) supports digital property logbooks and sales packs, and HM Land Registry's Business Plan 2026+ commits to testing logbooks, common data standards and wider use of Unique Property Reference Numbers. Logbooks already exist for finished homes; Land Passport tests extending the record back to land appraisal and planning.

GOV.UK roadmap

### 82% support

82% of consultation responses agreed the government should support wider use of digital property logbooks and packs. The government intends to legislate to make them a standard part of transactions when parliamentary time allows; they are not yet mandatory.
Read the government's full reform roadmap ↗

From 2027

### First requirements under consideration

From 2027 the government will consider which government homeownership schemes should require digital logbooks and packs. HM Land Registry will test new ways to access property information, including logbooks, with the Digital Property Market Steering Group.
HM Land Registry Business Plan 2026+ ↗

02 / Test-site options

## Two ways to run the first pilot.

Both options use a real Derby site with a consenting owner or developer. They test different things, so partners can choose which leads and run the other as a separately scoped study.

Option A

### City-centre site within the council's Digital Twin area

A development already subject to the council's 3D-model requirement, so the same model can serve the city twin and the site's passport.

What it tests

Interoperability with Derby's existing city twin; how submissions, revisions and approvals could be kept with the site.

Strengths

Strongest story for the council and the twin's provider; uses a workflow that already exists.

Challenges

More parties and approvals; model preparation and import costs are set case by case; agreement from Digital Urban needed before any integration is claimed; city-centre schemes are larger and slower.

Option B

### 5–20 homes within the city boundary, from raw land

A small residential site taken from first appraisal through planning, construction and handover.

What it tests

The full information chain on one manageable site, with a clear baseline for time saved and records kept.

Strengths

Simpler governance; one developer; easiest to measure; closest to the national logbook direction.

Challenges

May sit outside the city model's coverage; construction and occupation take longer than a research period, so the operational-life test uses an existing occupied building.

Suggested approach: agree the lead option with partners at scoping. If a suitable small residential site exists inside the Digital Twin area, it can combine the strengths of both.

03 / Record structure

## One permanent site record, with linked child records.

A site rarely stays one thing: one parcel can become twelve plots, each with its own address, title and building. The passport keeps a permanent parent record so the land's history survives subdivision, sale and redevelopment.

Parent site passport
Permanent Land Passport ID + site history

Plot 01
Linked ID

Plot 02
Linked ID

Plot 03
Linked ID

UPRNHM Land Registry titlePlanning referenceBuilding control referenceEPC

Illustrative structure. The Land Passport ID is its own permanent identifier, linked to official identifiers rather than replacing them. Surveyed boundaries, title plans and GIS parcel outlines stay separate: title plans generally show general, not exact legal, boundaries.

04 / Data status

## Every item says where it came from and how far to trust it.

Appearing in a passport does not make a document approved. Each item carries its source, date, responsible party and one of four status labels.

### Verified

Confirmed against an authoritative source by a named, responsible party.
e.g. decision notice checked against the council's planning register

### Imported

Taken from a stated source but not independently checked.
e.g. a developer's uploaded drawing; open planning data

### Inferred

Calculated or predicted from other data — useful, but not official.
e.g. development scenario or uplift estimate — not a valuation

### Simulated

Illustrative or demonstration data only.
e.g. the live twin feed on the briefing page

05 / Deliverables and acceptance criteria

## What the pilot would deliver and how it would be judged.

Baselines are measured before the prototype is used. Thresholds below are proposals for the University to refine; results would be reported whether or not they are met.

Measure

Baseline method

Proposed pass threshold

Information retrieval time

Time to find an agreed set of site documents and facts from current sources

At least 40% faster using the passport

Document completeness

Agreed checklist of land, planning and design records for the site

At least 90% of checklist items present, with gaps shown

Provenance accuracy

Independent audit sample of items

100% carry source, date and status; audit error 5% or less

Auditability

Change history review

Every change logged with who, when and why

Usability

Standard System Usability Scale with officers, developer and researchers

Score of 70 or more

Handover usefulness

Structured feedback from the developer and an occupier or asset manager

Majority rate the record more useful than current handover

Deliverables: a working site passport with provenance, permissions and version history; an IFC model linked to the record; an evaluation report; and a short data specification others could reuse.

06 / Partner roles

## Different reasons to take part.

University of Derby

Derby City Council

Main interest

Applied research, knowledge exchange, publishable evidence

Better planning information, efficiency, digital transformation

Contribution

Research design, ethics, methodology, independent evaluation, students

Workflow requirements, planning context, officer feedback

First step

Research scoping and feasibility discussion

Exploratory meeting with planning and digital officers — no procurement or endorsement asked

Main constraint

Academic capacity and financing

Procurement, security, capacity, public accountability

Later role

KTP or wider applied R&D

Formal public-sector pilot, if value is shown

A developer or landowner provides the site, permitted drawings and reports, feedback and, ideally, a contribution to pilot costs. The Land Passport team provides the prototype and built-environment coordination. No organisation is an agreed participant yet.

07 / Roadmap

## Prove one site before scaling.

Period

Delivery

Proof of progress

Oct – Nov 2026

Refine the briefing; confirm the operating company; build one real, sourced site record from public data

Working passport with provenance, permissions and version history

Nov 2026 – Jan 2027

University scoping, council conversation, developer recruitment, KTP eligibility review

Research questions, pilot roles, outline budget and a suitable site

Feb – Apr 2027

Build the land-to-planning prototype with public GIS and project records

Testable end-to-end record, with missing information visible

May – Oct 2027

Independent evaluation of planning and design workflows; IFC and document handover tests

Measured baseline-versus-prototype results

2028 onwards

Paid developer pilots, interoperability partnerships, asset-management features

Repeatable product and data-governance arrangements

A new development will not complete planning, construction and years of occupation within a research period. The live site covers land and planning; an existing occupied building covers the operational-life test. Public data would start from the government's Planning Data platform and other licensed sources — not every council document, utility record or title is available through one API.

08 / Funding — realistic view

## Where the money could come from, and the conditions.

Programme

Opportunity

Conditions

Innovate UK KTP

Round 4 opens 19 Oct 2026, closes 20 Jan 2027. Illustrative total project cost ~£204k over 24 months.

University-led; the company co-funds about a third (~£67k on that budget) and needs at least two full-time-equivalent staff, financial evidence and an IP agreement. Round 4 terms to be checked when published.

Geovation Accelerator

Up to £20k equity-free, with Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry data and mentoring.

Competitive; next application dates not yet confirmed.

PropTech Innovation Fund

MHCLG interest in planning technology; Round 6 shared £2.4m across 11 consortia.

No new round confirmed; past rounds needed at least two planning authorities.

EMCCA Local Growth Fund

£107m regional plan across several priorities.

Not an open grant for this project — a route for strategic alignment.

The pilot does not depend on winning a KTP. The first steps are research interest, a small working demonstrator, one development partner and a check of company eligibility. No application has yet been made. Full funding register ↗

09 / Governance

## Set out before any real data is used.

### To be confirmed in a pilot agreement

- Data controller and processor roles for each organisation and project (see the governance framework; intended operator: FOX Intelligence, to be confirmed)

- Ownership of intellectual property and research outputs

- Data custody, portability and continued access if a party withdraws

- Information security and professional liability

- Permissions for each record and each partner

### Building safety records

The statutory "golden thread" under the Building Safety Act applies to higher-risk buildings. A typical 5–20 home scheme falls outside that regime; the pilot would apply the same principles — accurate, traceable, kept up to date — voluntarily.

Business model to test

A developer-funded creation fee plus ongoing record hosting and transfer, rather than asking councils or homeowners to fund a new service from the outset.

## Start with one real site.

A 30-minute conversation to agree the lead option, the research questions and a realistic route to funding.
Request a scoping call →One-page briefing (PDF) ↓

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Technology · proposed integration framework

# How Land Passport would be built.

A proposed architecture connecting authoritative UK land, planning and environmental data with land intelligence and interactive digital twins. Every provider named below is a proposed integration — not an active connection or an endorsement.

Proposed integration framework

## One intelligent platform.
A connected world of land data.

Land Passport proposes to connect authoritative UK geospatial records, AI-led land intelligence and interactive digital twins into one persistent property record—from raw land to occupation and beyond.

UK open data first
Interoperable architecture
Source-traceable intelligence
Whole-life digital identity

### 01 / The proposed technology model

From data to intelligence to digital twin

LAND & PROPERTY DATAOpen & mixed

UK mapping & titles

Property identifiers, indicative freehold geometry, address links and historical sales evidence.

Ordnance Survey ↗
Land Registry ↗
Price Paid ↗

PLANNING & CONSTRAINTSOpen & mixed

UK planning & environment

Adopted policy, environmental designations, flood exposure, ground conditions and energy records.

Planning Data ↗
Defra ↗
BGS ↗

EARTH OBSERVATIONOptional / licensed

Google geospatial services

3D geographic context, satellite analysis and scalable environmental change intelligence.

3D Tiles ↗
Earth Engine ↗
Earth AI ↗

Data integration + spatial foundation

FOX GIS & Identity Engine

Source connectors → validation → one FOX site identifier linked to UPRNs, title identifiers and survey geometry → secure spatial storage in PostGIS. Each record retains provenance, data vintage, access permissions and revision history.

Analyse

Land IQ

Planning potential, constraints, risk scoring, scenarios, value assumptions and explainable analysis.

Planning data interface ↗

Visualise

Cesium + BIM

Interactive 3D GIS, proposed buildings, terrain, selective layers and model comparison in the browser.

CesiumJS ↗

Simulate · future phase

NVIDIA + OpenUSD

Advanced rendering, scene interoperability and specialist physics or sensor simulations.

Explore Omniverse ↗

Persistent output

LAND PASSPORT · DIGITAL TWIN

Land discovery → planning → design → construction → occupation → operation and renewal.

Conceptual architecture: the branded services above are proposed integrations, not an indication that suppliers have endorsed or connected to Land Passport.

### 02 / Derby pilot: what the demonstrator will show

- 01Identify a site — location, linked identifiers and indicative extent.

- 02Understand constraints — planning policy, access, flood, ecology and environmental context.

- 03Test design scenarios — BIM/IFC model, 3D context, planning potential and indicative viability.

- 04Preserve the record — evidence, decisions, permissions and ongoing lifecycle updates.

### 03 / Proposed software foundation

Supabase + PostGIS ↗
CesiumJS ↗
Google 3D Tiles ↗
OpenUSD ↗
NVIDIA Omniverse ↗
Derby City GIS ↗
3D city precedent: VU.CITY ↗

Explore UK data sources, commercial platforms and partnershipsDirect links to official providers

Mapping & property identity

Ordnance Survey Data Hub ↗
OS Open Linked Identifiers ↗
HMLR INSPIRE Index Polygons ↗
HMLR Price Paid Data ↗

Planning, policy & heritage

Planning Data API ↗
Derby City Council GIS ↗
Historic England datasets ↗
UK National Data Library ↗

Environment, terrain & energy

Defra / Environment Agency ↗
Natural England Geoportal ↗
British Geological Survey APIs ↗
Energy Performance Data ↗

UK-wide coverage

Wales · DataMapWales ↗
Scotland · Spatial Hub ↗
Northern Ireland · OSNI Open Data ↗

Optional commercial data partners

Landstack ↗
Searchland API ↗
LandTech ↗
VU.CITY ↗

Research & startup opportunities

Geovation Accelerator ↗
Google for Startups Cloud ↗
NVIDIA Inception ↗
Google AlphaEarth research ↗

Data integrity and licensing: public availability does not mean unrestricted reuse. Each dataset needs attribution, access and commercial-use checks; Google imagery is a licensed visual layer, not a cadastral survey. HM Land Registry INSPIRE polygons are indicative, not legal title boundaries. National planning-application coverage remains incomplete, so local planning portals or licensed sources may be required. The proposed pilot must label confidence, coverage and record date.

LAND PASSPORT · CONCEPTUAL TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK · OCT 2026
Explore the full Land Passport vision ↗

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Proposed business & project structure

# Legal identity, governance, data protection & IP.

How Land Passport is intended to be operated, governed and protected — and how partners could take part without any partnership being implied before it is agreed.

01

### Legal identity & operating model

Land Passport is a proposed independent digital technology platform within the FOX ecosystem, developed to connect land intelligence, planning, construction and property lifecycle information. FOX Intelligence is the intended platform operator (legal entity to be confirmed), supported by Emperus for architectural, planning and construction expertise.

Land Passport vision ↗FOX Intelligence ↗

02

### Governance & collaboration

The platform follows a founder-led commercial model, supported by specialist technical advisers and potential research partners. The University of Derby, Derby City Council, developers and other organisations may participate through formally agreed research, advisory or pilot arrangements. No institutional partnership is implied until confirmed.

Proposed partner roles →

03

### Data protection & management

Land Passport will operate in accordance with UK GDPR and applicable data protection requirements, including the Data Protection Act 2018, incorporating secure access, data provenance, permissions and transparent information management. Data controller and processor responsibilities will be defined for each participating organisation and project.

Data status labels →Information Commissioner's Office ↗

04

### Intellectual property & ownership

Existing intellectual property remains with its respective owners. The platform operator is intended to own or hold appropriate licences to the Land Passport technology, software, branding and proprietary systems. Jointly developed innovations, research findings, licensing and commercial rights will be governed by written collaboration agreements.

Intellectual Property Office ↗Lambert Toolkit for university–business agreements ↗

05

### Commercial & research development

The proposed model combines private-sector technology development, university-led research and practical industry pilots. The objective is to establish a commercially sustainable, interoperable platform capable of supporting wider public-sector and private-sector adoption.

Proposed integration framework →Funding routes →

Status: proposed operational and governance framework, subject to formal legal arrangements and partnership agreements.

## Questions about governance or data?

Ask before any pilot data is shared — roles, permissions and agreements come first.
Request a scoping call →Pilot governance checklist