Get listed building consent planning applications first

Listed building consent covers any work that changes the character of a listed building, inside or out. Every application you receive tells you exactly what the owner wants to do, and each kind of work points to a different contract.

Alterations and internal works fill joiners' and plasterers' diaries

Removing a partition, opening a fireplace, fitting a kitchen into a historic room or relining a ceiling in lime all need consent. These applications go to joiners, lime plasterers, kitchen and bathroom makers and the builders who run the job.

Windows, doors and roofs mean orders for heritage makers

Replacing sashes, adding secondary glazing, renewing a front door, re-slating, re-thatching or relaying lead are the bread and butter of listed work. Each application is a direct order waiting for a joinery shop, a glazing firm, a roofer or a thatcher.

Extensions and conversions bring whole projects

A rear extension to a listed farmhouse, a barn turned into a home or a mill split into flats arrives with drawings, a heritage statement and a budget behind it. Main contractors, architects and structural engineers win these from start to finish.

Services, repairs and shopfronts complete the picture

New heating, solar panels, fire protection, lifts, repointing, render repairs, stone replacement and shopfront signage all count. Each one hands a specialist a named site, a named owner and a clear reason to pick up the phone.

The businesses that win heritage work treat the planning register as their sales pipeline. Each one reads the same application and sees a different job.

Builders and main contractors price the whole scheme

When a listed house goes in for an extension or a full refurbishment, the owner needs a contractor with heritage experience. You contact the owner or their agent while the application is live, show them listed projects you have finished and get on the tender list the architect is drawing up.

Specialist trades win the packages

Stonemasons, lime plasterers, heritage roofers, thatchers, leadworkers and sash joiners read the description of the work and know at once whether the job is theirs. You call the agent, offer a site visit and a sample, and you become the named specialist in the method statement.

Manufacturers and suppliers get specified early

Makers of conservation rooflights, slimline glazing, cast iron rainwater goods and handmade bricks win by getting into the specification before it is fixed. Suppliers of lime, reclaimed slate and natural stone do the same. You send product data and samples to the architect while the drawings are still open.

Architects and heritage consultants win the next stage

A consent decision triggers conditions, revised drawings and detailed specifications. Architects, heritage consultants and structural engineers who see the application early offer the owner a team that carries the project from consent to completion, and they land the fee.

Leads emails you new planning applications that match your keywords the day councils publish them, in one email a day. Choose the whole country or set up to 5 areas, each a radius of up to 75 miles centred on a postcode or town, or a whole council. You start every morning with a short list of fresh heritage jobs in the places you work.

Every lead gives you what you need to make the call

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

You know what the job is, where it is, who is behind it and how far through the process it has got before you dial a single number.

One price covers every application you want

Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. Planning Signal covers every kind of planning application, so the same subscription finds you listed building work, conservation area schemes, extensions and new builds side by side. One won heritage contract pays for a year of Leads.

Anyone watching their own patch gets free alerts

Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council. If you own a listed home or sit on a parish group and want to know what is planned next door, set up an alert and stay informed.