Win new build work from new dwelling planning applications

A new dwelling application is any proposal that creates a home where none stood before. You receive every kind, and each one points you to a different job.

Self-build plots put you in front of the owner

A single house on a garden plot, a paddock or a former garage site comes from the person who will live in it. They choose the builder, the frame, the windows and the heating themselves. Reach them at application stage and you deal with the decision-maker directly, with no main contractor standing between you.

Replacement dwellings mean a full rebuild

A tired bungalow comes down and a new house goes up on the same land. That means demolition, groundworks, a new shell and a complete fit-out. These clients own the land, hold the budget and need the whole team.

Conversions turn barns, offices and shops into homes

Change of use and agricultural conversion applications create dwellings inside existing buildings. They demand structural repairs, insulation, glazing, new services and skilled work on heritage fabric.

Small sites and larger schemes bring repeat work

Schemes of 2 to 9 homes, and the estates beyond them, come from developers who build again and again. Win the first site and you join their supply chain for the next one.

The application type shows you the timing

Outline consent fixes the principle and calls for designers. Reserved matters fixes the details and calls for contractors. A full application from a ready client calls for your price this week.

You spot a self-builder or small developer with fresh plans and no contractor. You call, walk the site and submit the first price. That figure becomes the benchmark every later quote is judged against, and the client remembers who showed up first.

Specialist contractors win their package early

Groundworkers, roofers, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers and renewables installers each own a slice of every new build. Read the description, note the agent firm and get your package into the build budget before the main contractor fixes it. You secure the work on your rates, not on a squeezed subcontract.

Manufacturers and suppliers win the specification

Timber frame and structural panel makers, window and door manufacturers, kitchen companies and builders' merchants win when their product is named early. Approach the agent while the drawings are live and your product goes on the specification, so the order follows.

Architects and consultants land the next instruction

Outline consents need detailed design. Planning conditions need drainage strategies, ecology surveys, energy statements and structural calculations. Architects, engineers, ecologists, surveyors and energy assessors read each application, see the gap and offer the service before the applicant goes looking for it.

Every winner follows the same play

Read the application, contact the applicant or agent, quote first and track the job to a signed order. The businesses that run this play every day own their local new build market.

Leads emails you new dwelling applications that match your keywords the day councils publish them, in one email a day. Open it, pick your targets and start calling.

Every lead tells you who to call

Each lead carries the planning reference, site address, council, description of the work, application type, key dates, decision status and a link to the council's own record. Wherever the council publishes them, you also get the applicant, the agent firm and a business contact. You have everything you need to make the first call with confidence.

Cover your patch or the whole country

Choose nationwide coverage or up to 5 areas. Each area is a whole council or a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town. Planning Signal covers 400+ UK councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and holds 2.3 million planning applications, so your market is covered wherever you work.

Track every lead to a win

The built-in lead pipeline records who you contacted, who you quoted and which jobs you won. Leads also includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export. You mine past applications, build target lists and load them into your own systems.

One price for the full service

Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. Planning Signal covers every kind of planning application, so the same subscription brings you any other work your keywords name.

Free alerts for anyone watching their own area

Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council, so residents and homeowners keep watch on their own street.