South East · Postcode district BN1
Who owns Brighton?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BN1
The companies and organisations that hold property in Brighton, 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 · preview
Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, July 2026) for a selection of 21 postcode districts — a prototype under an Exploration licence, shown to test value ahead of full national release. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.
6,485
Corporate titles
3%
Overseas-owned
172 titles
3,600
Distinct owners
£1.8bn
Recorded price paid
Overseas ownership in BN1
Where the 172 overseas-owned titles in Brightonare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.
Largest corporate owners in Brighton
Owners holding the most indexed titles in BN1, largest first.
| Owner | Origin | Type | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL | UK company | Local Authority | 234 |
| BRIGHTON & HOVE SEASIDE COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 06861227 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 116 |
| MOAT HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. IP17434R | UK company | Industrial and Provident Society (Company) | 92 |
| SOUTHERN HOUSINGReg. no. 8983 | UK company | Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body) | 76 |
| GENEVA INVESTMENT GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 4076441 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 66 |
| HOMEJOIN LIMITEDReg. no. 2309284 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 41 |
| HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 18195R | UK company | Registered Society (Company) | 40 |
| PARADE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 1724799 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 36 |
| ANSTONE ESTATES LIMITED | OverseasJersey | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 35 |
| MORETONS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 08329983 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 32 |
| CLARION HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 7686 | UK company | Community Benefit Society (Company) | 30 |
| ZELGRAIN LIMITEDReg. no. 3235178 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 26 |
| KINGSBURY ESTATE (BRIGHTON) LIMITEDReg. no. 10861384 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 25 |
| SOUTH EASTERN POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 3043097 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 21 |
| FITZWILLIAM TRUSTEES NUMBER 5 LIMITEDReg. no. NI661195 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 20 |
| SANCTUARY HOUSING ASSOCIATIONReg. no. IP19059R | UK company | Industrial and Provident Society (Corporate Body) | 20 |
| JOHNS' YARD LIMITEDReg. no. 11009861 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 19 |
| HANOVER PLACE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 06159011 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 19 |
| MONTAGUE PROPERTIES UK LIMITEDReg. no. 06306593 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 18 |
| MASSEY GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 1164477 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 17 |
Types of owner in BN1
From owner to buildability
Knowing who owns the land in Brighton 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 40+ datasets — the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.
Frequently asked
How much of Brighton is owned by companies?+
This index holds 6485 property titles in the BN1 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 3600 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Brighton.
How much of BN1 is owned from overseas?+
Around 3% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Brighton 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 Brighton?+
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 BN1 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 BN1?+
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 Brighton to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings and 40+ 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 and database right 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.