Policy Statements
CoPSO’s policy is based on two principles:
- Open access to information held by local authorities and other public agencies.
- Competition between providers of information.
More specifically, CoPSO is seeking to ensure that:
- information held by public agencies should be available to organisations that provide searches
- lenders and conveyancers accept searches carried out by private organisations subject to adequate standards being in place, in particular professional indemnity insurance
- private searches providing local, environmental, drainage and water information should be acceptable for inclusion in Home Information Packs
CoPSO has submitted responses to all the recent consultation exercises - see below.
| Date | Publication | Download |
| February 2007 | CoPSO's response to CLG's HIPs update: Towards 1 June | |
| 30 December 2005 | CoPSO’s submission to the ODPM on the draft HIPs regulations | |
| 31 July 2003 | CoPSO submission to the Office of the e-Envoy on the policy framework for a mixed economy in the supple of e-government services | |
| 30 June 2003 | CoPSO submission to the Government on the Contents of Home Improvement Packs | |
| 30 June 2003 | CoPSO evidence to the ODPM on the conduct of personal searches | |
| 12 June 2003 | Submission by the Council of Property Search Organisations to Select Committee for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the draft Housing Bill | |
| 14 May 2003 | Submission by the Council of Property Search Organisations to Select Committee for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the draft Housing Bill |
