This edition will be refreshed as late filings arrive. Charges created after 30 June 2026 are still being filed at Companies House, and HM Land Registry registers commercial sales months after completion. Figures for Q3 2026 will rise.
Key findings
- 1,872 commercial property sales worth £1.21bn were registered in Midlands for completions between January and August 2026, at a median price of £300,000. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (property type Other).
- Commercial property charges registered at Companies House in Midlands were up 7.2% in H1 2026 against H1 2025 (1,290 vs 1,203). Source: Companies House charges register.
- High street banks were the most active classified lender group in Midlands, behind 28.6% of commercial property charges in Jan to Sep 2026. Source: Companies House charges register, CMB lender classification.
- 3,374 commercial property planning applications were submitted in Midlands between January and September 2026, with 86.7% of decided applications granted. Source: Local planning authority records via Landstack.
- The median commercial sale price in Midlands was 3.9% below the England and Wales median of £312,250. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
- Midlands recorded the strongest H1 2026 growth in commercial property charges of the 7 regions we track. Source: Companies House charges register.
Commercial property lending in Midlands
Lenders registered 1,822 commercial property charges in Midlands between January and September 2026. The first half of the year is fully filed, and H1 2026 volumes were up 7.2% on H1 2025 (1,290 against 1,203). Charges created from July onwards are still inside the 21-day Companies House filing window at the time of writing, so Q3 2026 counts are provisional and will rise.
High street banks accounted for 28.6% of these charges and bridging and short-term lenders for 24.0%. We could match 73.7% of charges to a named lender in our classification. The remainder sit with smaller banks, private lenders and family offices.
The most active named lenders in Midlands from January to August 2026 were Together (247 charges), NatWest (130) and Lloyds (125). We compare January to August with the same months of 2025 because September 2026 filings are still arriving.
9.1% of the charges sat behind an existing charge on the same title. That is a useful read on how often owners are raising second-charge borrowing against commercial property rather than refinancing the senior loan.
Separately, property investment companies (SIC 68) registered 15,362 charges in Midlands over the same period that did not match a commercial sale. That book mixes residential buy-to-let and commercial investment, so we report it alongside rather than inside the commercial figure.
Commercial property charges by quarter
Lighter bar: Q3 2026, provisional while the 21-day filing window closes. Source: Companies House charges register.
Share of charges by lender type, Jan to Sep 2026
Most active named lenders, Jan to Aug
| Lender | 2026 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Together | 247 | 268 | -7.8% |
| NatWest | 130 | 153 | -15.0% |
| Lloyds | 125 | 82 | +52.4% |
| Barclays | 100 | 107 | -6.5% |
| InterBay Funding | 51 | 64 | -20.3% |
| Shawbrook Bank | 48 | 47 | +2.1% |
| HSBC | 46 | 44 | +4.5% |
| Aldermore Bank | 45 | 31 | +45.2% |
| Handelsbanken | 38 | 30 | +26.7% |
| Allica Bank | 34 | 23 | +47.8% |
Charges registered against property, January to August of each year. Named lenders only.
Charges by borrower sector, Jan to Sep 2026
Commercial property sales and prices in Midlands
HM Land Registry has registered 1,872 commercial property sales in Midlands with completion dates between January and August 2026, worth £1.21bn in total. The median sale price was £300,000, with the middle half of deals between £160,000 and £615,489. 240 sales were at £1m or more.
Commercial registrations run several months behind completions, so these counts will keep rising as the backlog clears. For that reason we do not compare 2026 sales volumes with 2025. Prices are more robust: the median for Jan to Sep 2025 was £288,000 across 6,135 fully registered sales.
Where the registered address identifies the use, industrial and warehouse made up 181 sales, farms and rural made up 117 sales, offices made up 29 sales. Most commercial titles carry only a street address, so the larger share of sales is unclassified.
88.0% of the sales were freehold.
Median sale price by quarter
| Quarter | Sales registered | Median price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 1,029 | £315,000 | £644.4m |
| Q2 2026 | 654 | £300,000 | £460.5m |
| Q3 2026 | 189 | £285,000 | £100.4m |
Completions by quarter, as registered so far. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Local authorities with the most commercial sales
Commercial planning pipeline in Midlands
3,374 commercial property planning applications were submitted in Midlands between January and September 2026. Councils decided 2,934 with a granted or refused outcome in the period and granted 86.7% of them.
Quarterly submissions moved from 1,249 in Q3 2025 to 938 in Q3 2026. Applications are a forward signal for finance: a granted change of use or new unit usually needs a purchase, refinance or bridging loan within 12 months.
By use, the largest groups were industrial and logistics (676), retail and food (607), change of use (commercial) (598).
A further 2,230 applications sought to convert commercial space to residential use. We exclude these from the commercial pipeline because they remove stock rather than add it.
Applications submitted by quarter
Source: local planning authority records via Landstack.
Applications by commercial use, Jan to Sep 2026
Recent approvals
- Sandwell · DC/26/71787Proposed alteration of public house at ground floor approved flat 3 to a retail unit (Class e (a, b, c, e)), first floor rear extension with rear dormer window design alteration of approved flats 1 and 5 (remaining as 1-Granted 30 September 2026
- Walsall · 26/0882Full planning application for the change of use of the property from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children’s care home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of two children aged between 8 and 17 years.Granted 29 September 2026
- Nuneaton & Bedworth · 26/0077/FULProposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to children's care home (C2) for one childGranted 25 September 2026
- Newark and Sherwood · 26/00483/RMAMReserved Matters Planning application for the erection of a cold storage distribution centre with ancillary offices, parking, transport links and associated infrastructure.Granted 25 September 2026
- West Northamptonshire · 2026/1216/MARReserved matters application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for Phases 2A, 3A and 3C comprising 237 dwellings with associated internal access routes, landscaping, public open space and drainage, pursuant toGranted 25 September 2026
- Amber Valley · AVA/2026/0362Change of use of former car sales building & yard to create self-storage building (B8 storage) along with drive up storage units and containersGranted 25 September 2026
How Midlands compares with England and Wales
The median commercial sale price in Midlands of £300,000 was 3.9% below the England and Wales median of £312,250.
H1 2026 lending outpaced the national market: +7.2% here against +1.8% for all commercial property charges in England and Wales.
The planning approval rate of 86.7% compares with 86.9% for commercial applications nationally.
Counties and cities
| County | Sales | Median price | Charges | H1 lending change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 401 | £272,500 | 469 | +13.5% |
| Nottinghamshire | 195 | £317,326 | 196 | -3.5% |
| Derbyshire | 191 | £290,000 | 196 | +23.7% |
| Leicestershire | 162 | £301,200 | 167 | 0.0% |
| Staffordshire | 207 | £265,000 | 164 | -4.7% |
| Lincolnshire | 254 | £243,400 | 210 | -12.2% |
| Northamptonshire | 107 | £362,000 | 101 | +2.6% |
| Worcestershire | 132 | £295,000 | 104 | -3.8% |
| Warwickshire | 104 | £475,000 | 89 | +3.3% |
| Shropshire | 113 | £350,000 | 122 | +22.9% |
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Methodology and sources
Sales: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, property type "Other", which covers non-residential sales in England and Wales. Rows that share a price and date are counted as one multi-title deal. Data registered to 25 August 2026.
Lending: the Companies House charges register (snapshot 1 October 2026). A charge counts as commercial when it is secured on a property postcode and either the borrower operates in a commercial sector (for example hotels, pubs, care, retail, manufacturing or logistics, by SIC code) or the postcode matches a commercial sale in 2025 or 2026. Lenders are grouped using our own classification.
Planning: local planning authority records collated by Landstack, filtered to applications whose description indicates a commercial use. Discharge of conditions, advertisement consents, householder works and conversions to residential are excluded. Records cover 253 councils; where a council's applications are not yet collated, its pipeline is understated.
Geography: regions follow postcode districts. County reports cover the ceremonial county including its unitary authorities. City reports cover the local authority area named on each page. Scotland and Northern Ireland are outside HM Land Registry coverage and are not included.
Commercial mortgages are unregulated lending and fall outside the FCA's regulated mortgage perimeter. We do not hold FCA authorisation because the products we arrange are unregulated. This report is market information, not advice.