South West · Postcode district BH31

Who owns Verwood?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BH31

The companies and organisations that hold property in Verwood, 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.

343

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

3 titles

210

Distinct owners

£67.0m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in BH31

Where the 3 overseas-owned titles in Verwoodare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
1 · 33%
Australia
1 · 33%
Jersey
1 · 33%

Largest corporate owners in Verwood

Owners holding the most indexed titles in BH31, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
SYNERGY HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 31447RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)22
DORSET COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority16
SOVEREIGN NETWORK GROUPReg. no. 7448UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)14
EES OPERATIONS 1 LIMITEDReg. no. 07407791UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
CARTER INVESTMENT ONE LIMITEDReg. no. 14842890UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
VERPLAS LIMITEDReg. no. 02033296UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
FREE SOLAR (STAGE 1) LIMITEDReg. no. 07573455UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
HOMESUN LIMITEDReg. no. 07301516UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
LIDL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITEDReg. no. 02816429UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
PST DEVELOPMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 08686027UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
COUNTRYWIDE TAX & TRUST CORPORATION LTDReg. no. 04844596UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
REGIS SOLAR LLPReg. no. OC393094UK companyHousing Association/Society (Corporate Body)4
BRUNEL ENTERPRISES LIMITEDReg. no. 00358137UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3
EBBLAKE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 13133651UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3
J M HARDING & PARTNERS LIMITEDReg. no. 662311UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3
PE BARTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDReg. no. 08498200UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3
STANDARD LIFE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. SC076046UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3
STONEWATER LIMITEDReg. no. 20558RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)3
VERWOOD TOWN COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority3
BIRCHCLAIM LIMITEDReg. no. 02584675UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company2

Types of owner in BH31

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
264 · 77%
Local Authority
20 · 6%
Industrial and Provident Society (Company)
19 · 6%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
14 · 4%
Corporate Body
12 · 3%
Registered Society (Company)
6 · 2%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in Verwood 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 Verwood is owned by companies?+

This index holds 343 property titles in the BH31 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 210 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Verwood.

How much of BH31 is owned from overseas?+

Around 1% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Verwood 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 Verwood?+

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 BH31 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 BH31?+

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 Verwood 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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