About Land and Property Services
On 1st April 2007, Land & Property Services was established as an executive Agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland.
The intention to create the Agency was announced in the Review of Public Administration in March 2006. The Agency has been established initially from the merger of the former Rate Collection Agency and the Valuation and Lands Agency. This will be followed by the addition of Land Registers of Northern Ireland and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland from 1 April 2008. Until 1 April 2008, both Land Registers of Northern Ireland and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland will continue to operate as separate agencies.
What does LPS do? - What services do we provide?
We are responsible for the following.
- Valuing all domestic and non-domestic properties in Northern Ireland
- Maintaining valuation lists
- Carrying out general revaluations
- Providing a general valuation, estate-management and property-information service to government departments and the public sector in Northern Ireland
- Issuing rates bills for private domestic properties and non-domestic properties, such as shops, factories etc.
- Following up and processing payments for rates bills
- Inspecting vacant properties
- Processing refunds if someone has paid us too much
- Managing the Housing Benefit Scheme (for owner-occupiers) and the other rate-relief schemes (see www.helpwithratesni.gov.uk )
- Managing the Disabled Person’s Allowance Scheme
- maintaining the Title Register in, Land Registry and Statutory Charges Register and the Registry of Deeds and providing up to date accurate Land Information Services
- Supplying mapping information for Northern Ireland.
- Providing records and data about place and location.
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