South East · Postcode district ME1

Who owns Rochester?Corporate & overseas land ownership in ME1

The companies and organisations that hold property in Rochester, 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.

1,328

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

13 titles

719

Distinct owners

£221.9m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in ME1

Where the 13 overseas-owned titles in Rochesterare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Jersey
4 · 31%
Isle Of Man
3 · 23%
Gibraltar
2 · 15%
Guernsey
2 · 15%
Portugal
1 · 8%
British Virgin Islands
1 · 8%

Largest corporate owners in Rochester

Owners holding the most indexed titles in ME1, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
MHS HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 10704997UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company63
M&G UK SHARED OWNERSHIP LIMITEDReg. no. 12199619UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company43
MOAT HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 17434RUK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)29
ORBIT GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 28503RUK companyCo-operative Society (Company)29
RIC TRADING LIMITEDReg. no. 08504140UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company23
MEDWAY COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority16
HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 18195RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)14
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUSTReg. no. 30441RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)13
MORE HOMES BROMLEY LLPReg. no. OC404214UK companyCorporate Body13
PLEXUS UK (FIRST PROJECT) LIMITEDReg. no. 03311700UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
RICHARD WATTS CHARITIES CIOReg. no. 1210119UK companyCorporate Body13
COUNTY LETTINGS LIMITEDReg. no. 03718346UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12
SAGE HOMES RP LIMITEDReg. no. 11217910UK companyHousing Association/Society (Company)11
CAVENDISH EDUCATION LIMITEDReg. no. 08439186UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
GREENLEAF PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTDReg. no. 09297007UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
ORBIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 27802RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)10
HEYLO HOUSING REGISTERED PROVIDER LIMITEDReg. no. 06573772UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
LOVELLRISE LIMITEDReg. no. 03264855UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
TINTURN LIMITEDReg. no. 2413558UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
HALPERN PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 3730292UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8

Types of owner in ME1

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
1,055 · 79%
Corporate Body
100 · 8%
Industrial and Provident Society (Company)
49 · 4%
Registered Society (Company)
48 · 4%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
20 · 2%
Limited Liability Partnership
16 · 1%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 1328 property titles in the ME1 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 719 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Rochester.

How much of ME1 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 ME1 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 ME1?+

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 Rochester 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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