London · Postcode district SE27

Who owns West Norwood?Corporate & overseas land ownership in SE27

The companies and organisations that hold property in West Norwood, 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.

1,443

Corporate titles

2%

Overseas-owned

33 titles

789

Distinct owners

£269.8m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in SE27

Where the 33 overseas-owned titles in West Norwoodare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

British Virgin Islands
13 · 39%
Jersey
8 · 24%
Bahamas
4 · 12%
Seychelles
2 · 6%
Isle Of Man
2 · 6%
Samao
1 · 3%
Gibraltar
1 · 3%
Mauritius
1 · 3%

Largest corporate owners in West Norwood

Owners holding the most indexed titles in SE27, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
SOUTHERN HOUSINGReg. no. 8983UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)98
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUSTReg. no. 30441RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)80
NOTTING HILL GENESISReg. no. 7746UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)62
THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETHUK companyLocal Authority30
PEABODY TRUSTReg. no. 7741UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)25
CONDUIT MEAD PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 10604608UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company16
FINSBURY SQUARE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. 614564UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
ROYEL RESIDENCES LIMITEDReg. no. 4059753UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
THE LOWER NORWOOD CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. 00002793UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12
MAURICE LAURENT LIMITEDReg. no. 08126660UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST LIMITEDReg. no. 16337RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)9
MH HOLDINGS CORPORATION LONDON RESERVES LIMITEDReg. no. 14530582UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
COMMONWEAL HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 05319765UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company7
L'ARCHEReg. no. 1055041UK companyCorporate Body7
THE MAYOR ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETHUK companyLocal Authority7
THE MAYOR ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF LAMBETHUK companyLocal Authority7
131 ST JOHNS HILL (RUSHEY) LTDReg. no. 13406330UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
MGI NORWOOD ONE LIMITEDReg. no. 16867018UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
SOUTH LONDON GROUND RENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 06977610UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
SOUTHERN LAND SECURITIES LIMITEDReg. no. 02876386UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6

Types of owner in SE27

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
1,027 · 71%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
189 · 13%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
82 · 6%
Local Authority
55 · 4%
Corporate Body
47 · 3%
Registered Society (Company)
13 · 1%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 1443 property titles in the SE27 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 789 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in West Norwood.

How much of SE27 is owned from overseas?+

Around 2% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in West Norwood 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 West Norwood?+

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 SE27 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 SE27?+

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 West Norwood 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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