Win work from garage conversion planning applications first

A garage conversion is any application that turns garage space into living space or changes the garage itself. You receive each type as it lands, and each one points to a different piece of work for your business.

Integral garage conversions put you inside the house from day one

An integral garage conversion turns the garage within the footprint of the home into a habitable room. The garage door becomes a wall with a window, the floor is raised and insulated, and the new room joins the house. For builders this is a full fit-out: foundations under the infill wall, damp proofing, insulation, electrics, plastering and decoration. For window and door suppliers it is a guaranteed new frame on the front elevation.

Detached garage conversions open bigger budgets

A detached garage conversion turns a standalone building into an annexe, studio, office or gym. These jobs carry new drainage, heating, glazing and roofing, and the homeowner is investing in a building that stands on its own. Architects and structural engineers win the design. Builders win the fabric and the finish.

Garage to room schemes reach every trade

Every garage to room scheme creates garage habitable space that needs heating, lighting, flooring, insulation and storage. That brings in heating engineers, electricians, kitchen and bathroom fitters and furniture makers alike. You also receive applications to build over a garage, add a storey above it or rebuild it as part of a wider extension. Each of those brings heavier structural work, a longer programme and more trades to the site.

General builders and specialist conversion firms use each application to reach the homeowner before quotes are gathered. You read the address and the description, write to the applicant or call the agent, and you are on site measuring up while the homeowner is still deciding who to trust with their house.

Architects and consultants win the design and the paperwork

Architects, technologists and planning consultants watch these applications for two reasons. An application with no agent shows a homeowner handling the process alone and ready for professional drawings. A refused or withdrawn application shows a client who needs a stronger resubmission. Structural engineers and building control consultants pick up the calculations and approvals that every conversion demands.

Manufacturers and suppliers win the specification

Window and door makers, insulation and flooring suppliers, heating firms and garage door replacement specialists read the planning description to see exactly what is being built. You put your product in front of the builder and the homeowner before the specification is fixed. You win the order on quality and timing instead of fighting on price at the last minute.

Fit-out trades win the finish

Electricians, plasterers, kitchen fitters and interior designers follow each conversion through to approval, then contact the homeowner as the build begins. The decision status on every lead tells you the moment to pick up the phone, so you arrive exactly when the homeowner is booking trades.

Leads sends you new planning applications that match your keywords, nationwide or in the areas you choose, the day councils publish them. They arrive in one email a day, so your morning starts with fresh work instead of a search.

Every lead gives you what you need to make contact

Each lead carries:

• the planning reference, site address and council
• the description of the work and the application type
• key dates and decision status
• a link to the council's own record
• the applicant, agent firm and business contact wherever the council publishes them

Cover the patch you actually work

Set up to 5 areas. Each one is a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or a whole council. A local builder sets one tight radius. A window manufacturer covers a region or runs nationwide. Planning Signal holds 2.3 million planning applications across every kind of work, so the same account finds your conversions and every other job your keywords match.

Turn leads into won jobs

The lead pipeline tracks who you contacted, quoted and won, so no conversion slips through the net. Leads also includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export, so you dig back through past applications and build target lists of your own. Leads costs £49 + VAT a month.

Free alerts for your own street

Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council. Homeowners, neighbours and residents watch their own area without paying a penny.