North West · Postcode district CW8

Who owns Northwich?Corporate & overseas land ownership in CW8

The companies and organisations that hold property in Northwich, 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.

2,450

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

20 titles

613

Distinct owners

£180.9m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in CW8

Where the 20 overseas-owned titles in Northwichare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

British Virgin Islands
7 · 35%
Guernsey
5 · 25%
Jersey
4 · 20%
Isle Of Man
3 · 15%
Gibraltar
1 · 5%

Largest corporate owners in Northwich

Owners holding the most indexed titles in CW8, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
WEAVER VALE HOUSING TRUST LIMITEDReg. no. 7761UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)1074
PLUS DANE HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 31012RUK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)90
CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority55
HEYLO HOUSING REGISTERED PROVIDER LIMITEDReg. no. 06573772UK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)39
ONE VISION HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 007072UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)33
A SHADE GREENER (F8) LLPReg. no. OC367812UK companyLimited Liability Partnership26
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUSTReg. no. 30441RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)26
SP MANWEB PLCReg. no. 02366937UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company26
SPARROW SHARED OWNERSHIP LIMITEDReg. no. 05489096UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company22
SAGE RENTED LIMITEDReg. no. 11217855UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company21
A SHADE GREENER (F12) LLPReg. no. OC386129UK companyLimited Liability Partnership20
A SHADE GREENER (F7) LLPReg. no. OC367811UK companyLimited Liability Partnership20
A SHADE GREENER (F11) LLPReg. no. OC386129UK companyLimited Liability Partnership19
GREAT PLACES HOUSING ASSOCIATIONReg. no. 19564RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)19
A SHADE GREENER (F14) LLPReg. no. OC389181UK companyLimited Liability Partnership17
MUIR GROUP HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 18632RUK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)14
HH NO.1 LIMITEDReg. no. 09123811UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
CLARION HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 7686UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)10
JIGSAW HOMES NORTHReg. no. 16668RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)10
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLCReg. no. 1800000UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9

Types of owner in CW8

Registered Society (Company)
1,184 · 48%
Limited Company or Public Limited Company
895 · 37%
Limited Liability Partnership
141 · 6%
Local Authority
63 · 3%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
56 · 2%
Corporate Body
53 · 2%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 2450 property titles in the CW8 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 613 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Northwich.

How much of CW8 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 CW8 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 CW8?+

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 Northwich 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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