About Land & Property Services

On 1st April 2007, Land & Property Services (LPS) was established as an executive Agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland.

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 rate bills for private domestic properties and non-domestic properties, such as shops, factories etc
• Following up and processing payments for rate bills
• Inspecting vacant properties
• Processing refunds if someone has paid too much
• Managing the Housing Benefit Scheme (for owner-occupiers) and the other rate-relief schemes. See Help with paying your rates - NI Direct website
• Managing the Disabled Person’s Allowance Scheme
• Maintaining the Title Register in, Land Registry, 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

Our Management Team

John Wilkinson - Agency Chief Executive

Agency Board Members:

• Alan Brontë- Director of Mapping and Valuation Services (Commissioner of Valuation)
• Patricia Mc Auley - Director of Revenues and Benefits
• Anne Flanagan - Acting Director of Business Services
• Patricia Montgomery -  Director of Registration (Registrar of Titles)
• Richard Hyslop - Acting Director of Transformation and Customer
• Wilfie Hamilton (Non-executive Director)