5 things you need to know about ScotLIS:
1. ScotLIS is the acronym for the proposed Scottish Land Information Service which will be an authoritative "one stop shop" for information on land and property in Scotland.
2. All properties in Scotland will have a Unique Property Reference Number ("UPRN") which will be used as a method of identifying properties. Access to ScotLIS is likely to be by way of UPRN, Title Sheet number and/or Post Code.
3. Registers of Scotland are responsible for the creation of ScotLIS and the first iteration thereof will be in place by October 2017.
4. An integral part of ScotLIS will be a definitive cadastral-based plan which will ultimately show the line of pubic utilities and their such data. This is the way in which other systems operating elsewhere in the world function e.g. Infoland in Norway.
5. Other bodies assisting in the work of creating ScotLIS include the Improvement Service; Ordnance Survey; The Law Society of Scotland; and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
