Get self build planning applications the day they land

A self build application is any proposal where an individual or family commissions a new home for themselves rather than buying one finished from a developer. You receive every version of it, and each one tells you what to sell and when to sell it.

New one-off homes on single plots are your biggest wins

A full application for a detached house on a garden plot, an infill site or a field edge is the classic self build. The description names the storeys, the bedrooms and the materials, so you know at a glance whether the job suits your frame, your crew or your design studio.

Outline consents give you a head start

An outline application fixes the principle of a home on a plot. The owner then needs drawings, engineering and a builder for reserved matters. Reach them here and you set the design before anyone else is invited.

Replacement dwellings bring ready budgets

A replacement dwelling application clears a tired bungalow or cottage and puts a modern house in its place. These owners already hold the land and are ready to spend on demolition, groundworks, structure and finishes.

Custom build and serviced plots multiply the work

Custom build schemes and serviced plot sites put several self builders on one road at once. Each plot is a separate client choosing its own package, so one site fills your diary for a season.

Conditions applications show who is about to start

Discharge of conditions and variation applications on an approved self build mean the owner is close to breaking ground. You call at the exact moment orders get placed.

Self build owners hire for every stage, from first sketch to final fit-out. The firms that watch new applications win that work while others wait for the phone to ring.

Builders and main contractors land the whole build

You spot a new one-off home in your patch, check the site address and contact the owner or their agent with a build price before the drawings go out to tender. Turnkey builders win the full contract this way.

Frame and kit manufacturers lock in the structure

Timber frame, SIPs, oak frame and modular manufacturers read the description, identify the construction method and get the package quote in early. Win the frame and you shape the rest of the build.

Architects and consultants take the design forward

An outline consent or a replacement dwelling with a basic scheme needs full drawings, structural calculations, energy assessments and a building regulations package. Architects, technologists, engineers and planning consultants offer those services the week the application appears.

Specialist contractors and suppliers fill the order book

Groundworkers, roofers, glazing firms, heat pump and solar installers, kitchen studios and staircase makers all sell into the same project. You approach the owner early, get specified and turn one application into a confirmed order months before first fix.

Finance and warranty specialists reach the owner first

Staged mortgages, site insurance and structural warranties are all needed before work starts. Brokers and advisers who call at application stage win the client before the bank appointment is booked.

Planning Signal covers every kind of planning application across 400+ UK councils in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 2.3 million applications on record. This page shows you one kind of work. Leads turns it into self build plot leads delivered straight to your inbox.

New jobs arrive the day councils publish them

Set the keywords that match your work and Leads emails you every new matching application the day the council publishes it. You get one email a day, so your team starts every morning with fresh targets.

Cover the whole country or your own patch

Choose nationwide coverage or up to 5 areas. Each area is a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or a whole council. Manufacturers who deliver anywhere take the whole map. Local builders keep it tight.

Every lead holds what you need to make the call

• 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

Track every job from first call to signed contract

The lead pipeline records who you contacted, who you quoted and what you won. Leads also includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export, so you work back through past applications and build target lists.

Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. Watching your own street rather than selling to it? Anyone gets free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council.