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whoownsengland.org
1086: Domesday Book
1873: Return of Owners of Land
1911: Lloyd George's valuation maps
1925: Land Registration Act
1980s: Thatcher reforms (pay £3)
What do we know about land ownership today?
About 87% of land in England & Wales is registered
You can find out who owns a particular property, for £3
No way to find out what a person owns
No official statistics
EU INSPIRE (2006): grudging, minimal geographic boundaries!
2016: Land Registry accidentally releases data on offshore ownership - the Eye and I map it
2016: FOI requests
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One-third of England & Wales (~36m acres) owned by corporate bodies:
- 6m acres owned by limited companies
- 1.5m by local authorities
- 4.5m by miscellaneous others
- About 300k by overseas companies
2018: Company and overseas company ownership data released (sort of)
2022: Economic Crime Act - register of owners of offshore companies that own land
