North West · Postcode district WA3

Who owns Lowton?Corporate & overseas land ownership in WA3

The companies and organisations that hold property in Lowton, 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.

2,657

Corporate titles

1%

Overseas-owned

39 titles

955

Distinct owners

£323.6m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in WA3

Where the 39 overseas-owned titles in Lowtonare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Jersey
13 · 33%
British Virgin Islands
12 · 31%
Isle Of Man
9 · 23%
Guernsey
3 · 8%
Delaware, U.S.A.
1 · 3%
Ireland
1 · 3%

Largest corporate owners in Lowton

Owners holding the most indexed titles in WA3, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
WALLACE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 04216645UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company184
WARRINGTON BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority173
GRAY'S INN CAPITAL LIMITEDReg. no. 07503033UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company148
DENETOWER LIMITEDReg. no. 01197872UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company110
TAPESTART LIMITEDReg. no. 02487884UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company80
TORUS62 LIMITEDReg. no. 7973UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)53
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORTUK companyCorporate Body44
BORSDANE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 762739UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company43
WIGAN BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority37
HEYLO HOUSING REGISTERED PROVIDER LIMITEDReg. no. 06573772UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company35
JIGSAW HOMES NORTHReg. no. 16668RUK companyRegistered Society (Corporate Body)34
FREEHOLD MANAGERS (NOMINEES) LIMITEDReg. no. 02686761UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company31
TORUS 62 LIMITEDReg. no. 7973UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)29
A SHADE GREENER (F7) LLPReg. no. OC367811UK companyLimited Liability Partnership28
ST ERMIN'S PROPERTY CO. LIMITEDReg. no. 00720226UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company25
YOUR HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 17704RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)19
A SHADE GREENER (F16) LLPReg. no. OC396823UK companyLimited Liability Partnership15
FAIRFIELD RENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 02563991UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
HH NO. 2 LIMITEDReg. no. 11159014UK companyHousing Association/Society (Company)14
BE ONE HOMESReg. no. 7684UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)13

Types of owner in WA3

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
1,991 · 75%
Local Authority
215 · 8%
Limited Liability Partnership
127 · 5%
Corporate Body
113 · 4%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
86 · 3%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
38 · 1%

From owner to buildability

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

This index holds 2657 property titles in the WA3 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 955 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Lowton.

How much of WA3 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 WA3 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 WA3?+

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 Lowton 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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