ABOUT
What is The Smart Property Data Trust Framework?
The Smart Property Data Trust Framework (SPDTF) is developed and maintained by the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), its members, and its stakeholders. The framework sets out the data and technical foundations that underpin a trusted and interoperable property data sharing ecosystem.
The framework follows the governance structure enabled by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 with independent oversight through the Smart Property Data Scheme.
POLICY OWNER
MHCLG
Government department
SCHEME OWNER
DPMSG
Independent sector body
STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION
OPDA
UKAS-accredited assessor
OVERSIGHT
Regulator
To be announced
IN THIS TOGETHER
A collaborative ecosystem
The future of property data cannot be delivered by any one organisation alone. The smart property data ecosystem brings together:
Consistency, confidence and transparency
Through the SPDTF, we enable organisations to safely and securely access, share, and use property and transaction data.
The framework sets out the scheme rules for all participants to ensure property data can be shared with confidence, consistency, and transparency. As the property sector continues its digital transformation and delivers mandation of the smart data scheme rules, trusted data is becoming as important as the property itself.
The framework provides the governance, standards and assurance needed to enable smart property data to flow securely across the market; unlocking innovation, reducing friction, and delivering better outcomes for consumers, businesses and government.
How it works
Property data has historically been held across multiple organisations to different standards and stored in different formats.
Essential and material information about a building's ownership, condition, performance, planning history, local searches, and occupation can be difficult to find, let alone verify or share.
Government policy and industry initiatives increasingly recognise that better access to trusted data is essential to modernising the built environment and improving consumer experiences.
From digital planning and digitised property transactions to retrofit programmes, sustainability reporting and building safety, the ability to reliably share trusted information across organisations is becoming a critical capability.
Smart property data transforms traditional records and documents into structured, machine-readable data that can be securely exchanged and reused with consent.
This enables faster decisions, reduced duplication, improved compliance, and better digital services across the property ecosystem. The SPDTF provides the trust and governance layer needed to make this exchange of data possible at scale.
THE BENEFITS
Better data works for everyone
One trusted framework with advantages on all sides of every property transaction.
Reduced friction and cost
Minimise manual verification, duplicated processes, update chasing, and repetitive data collection and rekeying.
Improved interoperability
Enable systems and organisations to exchange information using common standards and trusted processes.
Accelerate innovation
Create the foundations for new digital services, products and business models.
Strengthen compliance
Support regulatory requirements and consumer outcomes through better governance, traceability and data quality.
Confident decision-making
Access more reliable, transparent and verifiable property information.
Market-wide collaboration
A common framework that allows organisations to work together while maintaining appropriate controls and accountability.
Greater transparency
Access clearer, more reliable information about properties and their transactions.
Better digital experiences
Reduce paperwork, delays, and repetitive requests for information.
Increased trust
Know where data comes from, how it is governed, how it is being used, and by who.
More control
Putting you at the heart of the transaction with choice over how to share data and with firms who meet trusted standards.
Informed decisions
Gain access to reliable information that supports buying, selling, renting, improving and maintaining properties.
Improved property services
Benefit from more connected services across housing, finance, insurance, energy, utilities, and the built environment.
ACCREDITATION
Trust is becoming a competitive differentiator
Customers increasingly need assurance that the data they consume has been sourced responsibly, remains current, and can be traced to authoritative origins. Accreditation gives that assurance a visible, recognised mark — one your clients, partners, regulators, and investors can rely on.
Signal trust and stand apart
Accreditation demonstrates your commitment to recognised industry standards, and sets you apart from participants who can't yet prove the same.
Data management and security controls
Governance and transparency
Interoperability across the ecosystem
Unlock commercial opportunity
As adoption grows, accredited organisations join a trusted ecosystem where members discover, connect, and collaborate more effectively.
Greater market visibility and partnerships
Recognition through showcases and case studies
First-mover advantage in emerging markets
Get ready for what's next
Regulation and customer demands keep evolving — and AI raises the bar, because AI systems are only as valuable as the data they can trust.
Structured, machine-readable property data
Verifiable provenance and consistent metadata
Trusted data exchange across sectors
BECOME AN EARLY ADOPTER
Rather than reacting to industry change, your organisation can help lead it.
Organisations that adopt early gain valuable implementation experience, establish thought leadership, and develop expertise before standards become mainstream.
Influence implementation guidance and shape accreditation requirements
Take part in framework validation, interoperability testing, and proof-of-concepts
Build market-ready solutions and the relationships behind them faster than latecomers