West Midlands · Postcode district ST17

Who owns Stafford?Corporate & overseas land ownership in ST17

The companies and organisations that hold property in Stafford, 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.

1,096

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

11 titles

511

Distinct owners

£130.6m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in ST17

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

Jersey
4 · 36%
Isle Of Man
3 · 27%
Guernsey
2 · 18%
Gibraltar
1 · 9%
Hong Kong
1 · 9%

Largest corporate owners in Stafford

Owners holding the most indexed titles in ST17, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
HOMES PLUS LIMITEDReg. no. 28312RUK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)101
FRIEL HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 2039748UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company46
BROMFORD HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDReg. no. 7106UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)41
A SHADE GREENER (F7) LLPReg. no. OC367811UK companyLimited Liability Partnership22
RPS MAPLES ESTATES LTDReg. no. 15176722UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company21
A SHADE GREENER (F14) LLPReg. no. OC389181UK companyLimited Liability Partnership18
SHELMORE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 07450557UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company16
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILUK companyCounty Council15
WALLACE PARTNERSHIP REVERSIONARY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDReg. no. 07878971UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15
A SHADE GREENER (F12) LLPReg. no. OC386130UK companyLimited Liability Partnership13
A SHADE GREENER (F13) LLPReg. no. OC386129UK companyLimited Liability Partnership10
GALQUITO LIMITEDReg. no. 08466411UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
WHITE SWAN ACQUISITIONS LTDReg. no. 06495423UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
A SHADE GREENER (F15) LLPReg. no. OC389182UK companyLimited Liability Partnership9
STAFFORD BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority9
THE WREKIN HOUSING GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 8067UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)9
A SHADE GREENER (F16) LLPReg. no. OC396823UK companyLimited Liability Partnership8
MIDLAND HEART LIMITEDReg. no. 30069RUK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)8
A SHADE GREENER (F8) LLPReg. no. OC367812UK companyLimited Liability Partnership6
BIRMINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES REGISTEREDUK companyCorporate Body6

Types of owner in ST17

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
733 · 67%
Registered Society (Company)
110 · 10%
Limited Liability Partnership
108 · 10%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
48 · 4%
Corporate Body
47 · 4%
County Council
14 · 1%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 1096 property titles in the ST17 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 511 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Stafford.

How much of ST17 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 ST17 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 ST17?+

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 Stafford 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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