South West · Postcode district BS20

Who owns Portishead?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BS20

The companies and organisations that hold property in Portishead, 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.

1,040

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

12 titles

574

Distinct owners

£89.7m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in BS20

Where the 12 overseas-owned titles in Portisheadare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
7 · 58%
Jersey
5 · 42%

Largest corporate owners in Portishead

Owners holding the most indexed titles in BS20, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
NSAH (ALLIANCE HOMES) LIMITEDReg. no. 29804RUK companyCo-operative Society (Company)64
NORTH SOMERSET DISTRICT COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority35
WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLCReg. no. 2366894UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company32
SOVEREIGN NETWORK GROUPReg. no. 7448UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)19
LIVEWEST HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 7724UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)17
SOLAR SUN 7 LIMITEDReg. no. 07845459UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
SOLAR SUN 3 LIMITEDReg. no. 07747287UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
AVIVA INVESTORS GROUND RENT GP LIMITEDReg. no. 07584928UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
SOLAR SUN 2 LIMITEDReg. no. 07706928UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
FREE SOLAR (STAGE 1) LIMITEDReg. no. 07573455UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
SOLAR SUN 4 LIMITEDReg. no. 07747299UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
CURO PLACES LIMITEDReg. no. 7091UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)9
ADDPACE LIMITEDReg. no. 03319380UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
ASTER COMMUNITIESReg. no. 31530RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Corporate Body)8
THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCEReg. no. 139557UK companyCorporate Body8
EES OPERATIONS 1 LIMITEDReg. no. 07407791UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPReg. no. 07662102UK companyCorporate Body7
THE STREET BY STREET SOLAR PROGRAMME LIMITEDReg. no. 07444253UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
UNIQUE PUB PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 3726292UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
WESSEX WATER SERVICES LIMITEDReg. no. 2366648UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7

Types of owner in BS20

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
789 · 76%
Corporate Body
65 · 6%
Industrial and Provident Society (Company)
61 · 6%
Local Authority
45 · 4%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
24 · 2%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
21 · 2%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 1040 property titles in the BS20 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 574 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Portishead.

How much of BS20 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 BS20 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 BS20?+

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 Portishead 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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