London · Postcode district SE23

Who owns Forest Hill?Corporate & overseas land ownership in SE23

The companies and organisations that hold property in Forest Hill, 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.

2,033

Corporate titles

2%

Overseas-owned

36 titles

986

Distinct owners

£291.5m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in SE23

Where the 36 overseas-owned titles in Forest Hillare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
17 · 47%
Jersey
13 · 36%
British Virgin Islands
3 · 8%
Isle Of Man
2 · 6%
Gibraltar
1 · 3%

Largest corporate owners in Forest Hill

Owners holding the most indexed titles in SE23, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUSTReg. no. 30441RUK companyCorporate Body375
THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAMUK companyCorporate Body91
HEXAGON HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 19128RUK companyHousing Association/Society (Company)73
SOUTHERN HOUSINGReg. no. 8983UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)55
HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 18195UK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)37
PEABODY TRUSTReg. no. 7741UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)29
LEWISHAM HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 05887410UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company25
CLARION HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 7686UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)19
BLAXILL ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 03825857UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15
MOUNTVIEW ESTATES PLCReg. no. 00328020UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12
CANTEL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. FC033383OverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 3929195UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
SOUTHERN LAND SECURITIES LIMITEDReg. no. 02876386UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
GREATER LONDON COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority9
SPARROW SHARED OWNERSHIP LIMITEDReg. no. 05489096UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
FLEXIPLUS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 03733904UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
KAOLIN INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 11703769UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
DESIMAN LIMITEDReg. no. 03305153UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
LEWISHAM FAMILY CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 21700RUK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
MINT CAPITAL GROUP LTDReg. no. 14199005UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7

Types of owner in SE23

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
1,263 · 62%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
374 · 18%
Local Authority
115 · 6%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
85 · 4%
Corporate Body
56 · 3%
Registered Society (Company)
53 · 3%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 2033 property titles in the SE23 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 986 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Forest Hill.

How much of SE23 is owned from overseas?+

Around 2% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill?+

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 SE23 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 SE23?+

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 Forest Hill 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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