East of England · Postcode district CO4

Corporate and overseas land ownership in CO4, Colchester

The companies and organisations that hold property in Colchester, 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, October 2026) covering 2,785 postcode districts across England and Wales. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.

3,969

Corporate titles

0%

Overseas-owned

16 titles

1,083

Distinct owners

£455.6m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in CO4

Where the 16 overseas-owned titles in Colchesterare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
7 · 44%
Jersey
4 · 25%
Isle Of Man
2 · 13%
Germany
1 · 6%
Hong Kong
1 · 6%
Ireland
1 · 6%

Largest corporate owners in Colchester

Owners holding the most indexed titles in CO4, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
COLCHESTER CITY COUNCILUK companyLocal Authority1199
LEVANTERA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 08272295UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company521
ALTERNATE ENERGIES LIMITEDReg. no. 07705672UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company122
EASTLIGHT COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 30124RUK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)84
NORSE ENERGY LIMITEDReg. no. 08358987UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company68
RENEWABLE ENERGY TRADING LIMITEDReg. no. 07483846UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company43
NOTTING HILL GENESISReg. no. 7746UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)42
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDReg. no. 31693RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)40
FLAGSHIP HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 31211RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)36
BEYOND THE BOX AVON WAY ALPHA LIMITEDReg. no. 10800814UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company35
CROWN HOUSE HOMES (THE MILL) LIMITEDReg. no. 12550373UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company33
DELTA HOUSING LIMITEDReg. no. 8112UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)33
WIND POWER GENERATION LIMITEDReg. no. 07498886UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company29
SANCTUARY HOUSING ASSOCIATIONReg. no. 19059RUK companyCorporate Body18
LOW CARBON GENERATION AND TRADING LIMITEDReg. no. 07490099UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15
AURION INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 04363461UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
EAST SUFFOLK AND NORTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTUK companyCorporate Body12
EASTERN POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 02366906UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12
MERSEA HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 02466127UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12
SLA PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. 01203396UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company12

Types of owner in CO4

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
2,313 · 58%
Local Authority
1,207 · 30%
Registered Society (Company)
180 · 5%
Corporate Body
100 · 3%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
52 · 1%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
41 · 1%

Ownership and planning constraints in Colchester

Knowing who owns the land in Colchester is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the checker to see what planning constraints apply: conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings, green belt and more: up to 54 checks at an address in England. These are the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of Colchester is owned by companies?+

This index holds 3969 property titles in the CO4 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual, spread across 1083 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Colchester.

How much of CO4 is owned from overseas?+

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

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 CO4 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 CO4?+

Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both: check a site free in Colchester to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings, green belt and more: up to 54 checks at an address in England, 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: 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 October 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.

Conditions of use: This ownership information is licensed to us by HM Land Registry, and its conditions apply to you as well as to us. Use it for your own research and decisions. You must not use it for direct marketing of any kind, including contacting registered proprietors to offer goods or services, and you must not extract or redistribute the underlying HM Land Registry data as a standalone dataset or product. Full terms.

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