South East · Postcode district HP5

Who owns Chesham?Corporate & overseas land ownership in HP5

The companies and organisations that hold property in Chesham, 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.

1,161

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

11 titles

629

Distinct owners

£227.3m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in HP5

Where the 11 overseas-owned titles in Cheshamare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
3 · 27%
Ireland
2 · 18%
New Jersey, U.S.A.
1 · 9%
Oklahoma, U.S.A.
1 · 9%
Panama
1 · 9%
British Virgin Islands
1 · 9%
U.S.A.
1 · 9%
Gibraltar
1 · 9%

Largest corporate owners in Chesham

Owners holding the most indexed titles in HP5, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
PARADIGM HOMES CHARITABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 27789RUK companyHousing Association/Society (Company)256
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority26
EASTERN POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 02366906UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
RICKON LIMITEDReg. no. 08415269UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
ARKHAM STUDIOS LIMITEDReg. no. 14521357UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
W E BLACK LIMITEDReg. no. 00425267UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
WATFORD COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUSTReg. no. 30183RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)8
HIGHTOWN PRAETORIAN & CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 18077RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)7
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLCReg. no. 1800000UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
HOORN PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITEDReg. no. 09946196UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
MOUNTVIEW ESTATES PLCReg. no. 328020UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITEDReg. no. 02366661UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
VISAO LIMITEDReg. no. 04957708UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
CHESHAM TOWN COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority5
DIX NEUF LIMITEDReg. no. 09979264UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
NESTLODGE LIMITEDReg. no. 06980181UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
SILVERSON MACHINES LIMITEDReg. no. 00415969UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
W. E. BLACK LIMITEDReg. no. 00425267UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
CCMD LIMITEDReg. no. 03127656UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
DIOCESAN TRUSTEES (OXFORD) LIMITEDReg. no. 867729UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4

Types of owner in HP5

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
789 · 68%
Industrial and Provident Society (Company)
143 · 12%
Registered Society (Company)
124 · 11%
Corporate Body
47 · 4%
Local Authority
31 · 3%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
9 · 1%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 1161 property titles in the HP5 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 629 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Chesham.

How much of HP5 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 HP5 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 HP5?+

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 Chesham 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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