North West · Postcode district BB3

Who owns Darwen?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BB3

The companies and organisations that hold property in Darwen, from HM Land Registry’s corporate and overseas ownership records — with a direct line into the planning constraints for any address in the district.

Real HM Land Registry data

Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, July 2026) covering all 2,784 postcode districts of England and Wales. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.

3,051

Corporate titles

0%

Overseas-owned

6 titles

869

Distinct owners

£153.0m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in BB3

Where the 6 overseas-owned titles in Darwenare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
4 · 67%
Cayman Islands
1 · 17%
Isle Of Man
1 · 17%

Largest corporate owners in Darwen

Owners holding the most indexed titles in BB3, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
TAPESTART LIMITEDReg. no. 02487884UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company326
WALLACE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 04216645UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company290
G & O PROPERTIES (LONDON) LIMITEDReg. no. 02353592UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company262
TOGETHER ROOF ENERGY SPV LIMITEDReg. no. 7706436UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company91
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDReg. no. 31693RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)90
TOGETHER HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 28687UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company76
GREAT PLACES HOUSING ASSOCIATIONReg. no. 19564RUK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)75
HELP YOUR PROPERTY LIMITEDReg. no. 09080812UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company60
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority48
THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANISATION LIMITEDReg. no. 03903631UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company45
EAST CENTRAL PROPERTY LIMITEDReg. no. 02771584UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company40
GRAY'S INN CAPITAL LIMITEDReg. no. 07503033UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company32
TIMES MONEY LTDReg. no. 09670840UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company19
JENNINGS & GILCHREASTE LIMITEDReg. no. 06522224UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company18
TC XXXII LIMITEDReg. no. 15940108UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company18
HANLEY PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 12668356UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company17
LORD STREET ESTATES LTDReg. no. 09858779UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company17
PLACES FOR PEOPLE HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 19447RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)17
ADVANCED PROPERTIES (NW) LTDReg. no. 01104632UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company16
BORSDANE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 762739UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15

Types of owner in BB3

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
2,615 · 86%
Registered Society (Company)
182 · 6%
Limited Liability Partnership
74 · 2%
Local Authority
49 · 2%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
48 · 2%
Corporate Body
39 · 1%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in Darwen is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the free checker to see what planning constraints apply — conservation areas, flood risk, listed buildings, green belt and 50+ datasets — the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of Darwen is owned by companies?+

This index holds 3051 property titles in the BB3 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 869 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Darwen.

How much of BB3 is owned from overseas?+

Around 0% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Darwen are held through a company registered outside the UK — typically in jurisdictions such as Jersey, the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey. Overseas ownership is recorded by HM Land Registry in the OCOD dataset.

Can I see who owns a specific building in Darwen?+

Ownership here is matched to a location by postcode, because HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped parcels. It's a screening indicator: it tells you which companies hold property in BB3 and roughly where, but to confirm the owner of one specific building you'd order an official copy of the register for that title.

How does ownership relate to planning constraints in BB3?+

Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both — check any address in Darwen to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings and 50+ datasets, alongside the corporate-ownership picture for that postcode.

Ownership is drawn from HM Land Registry’s corporate (CCOD) and overseas (OCOD) ownership datasets and aggregated by postcode district. HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped land parcels, so this is a district-level screening indicator, not a title-plan boundary. We show the owning company, its jurisdiction, category and holding counts — not exact property addresses (their use is licence-restricted). Private individuals are never included; these datasets cover companies and organisations only.

Source: Source: HM Land Registry — UK companies (CCOD) and overseas companies (OCOD) that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026 Data as at July 2026.

Note: Corporate ownership reflects HM Land Registry’s record of the current registered proprietor and can lag transactions by weeks or months. Ownership is matched to a location by postcode, not by title-plan boundary, so treat it as a screening indicator — always confirm with an official copy of the register before relying on it.

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