For contractors, builders and architects

Planning application leads for your trade

Every planning application is a homeowner about to spend money on their property. Planning Signal Leads sends you the ones that match your trade and area, the moment councils publish them, with the site address and applicant details. Reach the people planning work before your competitors even know the job exists.

England, Scotland and Wales. 380+ councils. Updated daily.

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The best leads have already told you they are ready to build

Most lead services sell you a name and a phone number and hope for the best. Planning application leads are different. When someone submits a planning application, they have already committed time and money to a project: they have paid for drawings, engaged an architect, and formally asked their council for permission. That is a homeowner who is serious, funded, and moving. It is the strongest buying signal in the entire construction market, and it is a matter of public record.

The problem has always been finding those applications. They are scattered across more than 380 separate council websites, published at different times, in different formats, with no alerts and no way to search across them. By the time most trades hear about a local project, it is through word of mouth, long after the homeowner has already chosen a builder. Leads fixes that. We bring every application together, match the ones relevant to you, and put them in your inbox while the opportunity is still fresh.

How Planning Signal Leads works

We collect every application

We update planning data daily from 380+ council portals across England, Scotland and Wales.

We match it to you

Set the keywords, project types and service area that fit your business. We match new applications against them.

We email you the leads

You get the matching applications with the site address and applicant details, ready to act on.

There is nothing to check and nothing to miss. You set up your alerts once, and the work comes to you. Whether you cover a single town or a whole region, you decide the radius, up to 75 miles, and the trades and project types you care about.

Why planning leads beat bought leads

If you have ever paid for leads from a marketplace, you know the frustration: the same enquiry is sold to five other firms, you race to the phone, you discount your price to win, and half the enquiries were never serious. You are buying competition, not customers.

Planning application leads work the other way around. Every lead is a real, funded project on the public record. It is not shared with a queue of rival trades, because you are not buying an exclusive tip, you are seeing the same official information first and acting on it. There is no bidding war and no race to the bottom on price. You reach the homeowner early, introduce yourself as the local specialist who noticed their project, and start the conversation on your terms.

Real intent: a filed application, not a form-fill
Not sold three times over to your competitors
You make contact first, before the job is out to tender
Full context: the site address, the applicant, and what they want to build

What you get with Leads

Nationwide keyword lead alerts. Track the exact work you want, from self-build and Passivhaus to loft conversions, extensions, and change of use.
Full lead details. The applicant, the site address, and the description, matched to your trade, so you can act straight away.
A wide service area. Set a radius of up to 75 miles, or go nationwide for specialist trades.
New matches as councils publish. Delivered to your inbox, refreshed daily, so you are never the last to know.
Your free directory profile. Claim your listing so homeowners searching for a professional can find and contact you.
Priority support. Help tuning your alerts so you get the right leads and not the noise.

Built for every trade in the build

An approved application sets off a chain of work, from the first spade in the ground to the final coat of paint. Leads works for the whole chain:

General builders, extension and renovation specialists, self-build and oak-frame companies, Passivhaus and low-energy builders, groundworkers and demolition, roofers, bricklayers, structural engineers, architects and designers, kitchen and bathroom fitters, electricians and plumbers, window and door installers, landscapers and driveway contractors, and heating and renewables installers.

If your customers are homeowners doing building work, their next project is almost certainly sitting in a planning application right now.

Coverage you can rely on

Leads is built on the most complete planning dataset we can assemble. We refresh data daily from more than 380 council portals across England, Scotland and Wales, covering over 20 million applications, and every lead links back to the council's own record so you can verify it in one click. Coverage is strongest in England and growing across Scotland and Wales as we bring on more councils. Not sure we cover your patch? Use the search at the top of this page to see live applications in your area before you commit to anything.

Simple pricing, cancel anytime

Leads is a single flat monthly subscription with no per-lead charges and no long contract. One good job pays for it many times over. Start today, tune your alerts, and cancel any time if it is not right for you. See the current price and start on the pricing page.

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Frequently asked questions

What are planning application leads?

They are new planning applications submitted to UK councils, matched to your trade and area. Each one represents a homeowner or developer who is actively planning building work and has formally applied for permission.

How quickly do I get them?

We refresh data daily and email you new matches as they appear, so you hear about relevant projects while they are still fresh.

How is this different from buying leads?

You are not buying a shared enquiry that has been sold to several firms. You are seeing real, public planning applications first, and reaching the homeowner before the job goes out to tender.

Which trades is it for?

Any trade whose customers are homeowners doing building work: builders, extension and self-build specialists, roofers, groundworkers, architects, kitchen and bathroom fitters, and more.

Do you cover my area?

We cover 380+ councils across England, Scotland and Wales. Enter your postcode or area in the search above to see live matching applications right now.

Can I target specific project types?

Yes. Set keywords and project types (for example self-build, extensions, or Passivhaus) and a service-area radius, and we only send matches that fit.

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