North West · Postcode district WN4

Who owns Ashton-in-Makerfield?Corporate & overseas land ownership in WN4

The companies and organisations that hold property in Ashton-in-Makerfield, 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.

2,050

Corporate titles

0%

Overseas-owned

8 titles

504

Distinct owners

£100.5m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in WN4

Where the 8 overseas-owned titles in Ashton-in-Makerfieldare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Jersey
6 · 75%
Guernsey
1 · 13%
Denmark
1 · 13%

Largest corporate owners in Ashton-in-Makerfield

Owners holding the most indexed titles in WN4, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
WALLACE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 04216645UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company555
GARSWOOD TRUST NOMINEES LIMITEDReg. no. 7432655UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company335
FREEHOLD MANAGERS (NOMINEES) LIMITEDReg. no. 02686761UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company79
CHIME PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 05746957UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company63
TORUS62 LIMITEDReg. no. 7073UK companyCo-operative Society (Company)51
FAIRHOLD (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITEDReg. no. 03037726UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company49
C & N BARTON LIMITEDReg. no. 02824631UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company43
ATTIC PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 03545853UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company28
WIGAN BOROUGH COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority21
WALLACE PARTNERSHIP REVERSIONARY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDReg. no. 07878971UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company19
JIGSAW HOMES NORTHReg. no. 16668RUK companyCo-operative Society (Corporate Body)18
THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANISATION LIMITEDReg. no. 03903631UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
A SHADE GREENER (F16) LLPReg. no. OC396823UK companyLimited Liability Partnership13
MORGOED ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 3273896UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
A SHADE GREENER (F7) LLPReg. no. OC367811UK companyLimited Liability Partnership10
GRAY'S INN INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 3108668UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOLUK companyCorporate Body9
JOHN FAIRHURST TRUSTEES LIMITEDReg. no. 2062363UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
LUCOLLIE INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 12320476UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
YOUR HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 17704RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)9

Types of owner in WN4

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
1,839 · 90%
Limited Liability Partnership
62 · 3%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
50 · 2%
Corporate Body
33 · 2%
Local Authority
23 · 1%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
19 · 1%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in Ashton-in-Makerfield 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 Ashton-in-Makerfield is owned by companies?+

This index holds 2050 property titles in the WN4 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 504 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

How much of WN4 is owned from overseas?+

Around 0% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Ashton-in-Makerfield 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 Ashton-in-Makerfield?+

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 WN4 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 WN4?+

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 Ashton-in-Makerfield 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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