Was checking online to find a definition of "limited settled status" and found only one hit. But there are many for "limited leave to remain", including this:

Leave to remain – but no home to remain in after fees treble

"The cost of renewing an application for a resident with limited leave to remain has increased by 238% in five years – from £601 per person in 2014 to £2,033 in January 2019...Fees for a limited leave to remain application are applied per person rather than per household, and status must be renewed every 30 months – meaning that some families are paying tens of thousands of pounds every two and a half years to stay on track."



Wonder if there could be a financial motive in not granting people full settled status.