Planning leads for heritage contractors: every listed building job near you
Listed building consent and conservation area works near you, in your inbox the day councils publish them.
Owners of listed buildings cannot use just anyone. They need a contractor who knows lime, timber, slate and the conservation officer. Every one of them has to apply for consent before the work starts, and that application is your lead.
Planning Signal Leads sends you listed building and conservation area jobs the day the council publishes them, with the address, the owner and the architect on the drawings. You get in touch as the specialist they were hoping to find.
The jobs you will see
Listed building repairs
Lime pointing, render, timber frame and structural repairs on listed homes and churches, specialist work at specialist rates.
Sash windows and historic doors
Repair and like for like replacement of windows and doors, where the owner needs heritage craftsmanship.
Roofs on historic buildings
Slate, clay tile, stone and leadwork on listed and conservation area roofs.
Sympathetic extensions and alterations
New rooms and internal changes to listed houses that need contractors who respect the fabric.
Conservation area works
Shopfronts, boundary walls and external changes in conservation areas across your patch.
Churches and community buildings
Repairs to churches, chapels and village halls, specialist work funded and ready to go.
A lead, as it lands in your inbox
Example lead
Listed building consent for repair of timber sash windows, lime repointing of the front elevation and replacement of the rear roof in natural slate
Grade II listed townhouse, 7 miles from you
New application, received 4 days ago
Why a planning lead beats a bought lead
A bought lead is a name on a form, sold to three or four firms at once. A planning lead is an owner who has paid for drawings, filed an application and put their address on the public record. They have committed to the project in writing, and they still need the people to build it.
You are not fighting a crowd for the same click. You reach the owner directly, with the full proposal in front of you, and you open the conversation knowing exactly what they want built.
Heritage owners book the contractor they trust, and they book early. Reach them while the application is with the council and you are the specialist on the shortlist before the shortlist exists.
Heritage owners pay for quality and they remember who did the job well. Win one listed house on a street and the neighbours call you next.
Picture the week: a Grade II farmhouse needing lime repairs, a run of sash windows in a conservation area and a church roof in the next town. You choose the jobs that suit your craft and call first.
Three steps to your first lead
Tell us the work you want
Pick your trade and add the words that describe your best jobs, from loft conversion to listed building. The more precise your words, the sharper your leads.
Set your patch
Draw a radius of 5 to 75 miles around your postcode, or cover whole councils. Add more than one area if you work in more than one place.
Win the job
Matching jobs land in your inbox in one email a day. Open the lead, make the call and win the work before anyone else has heard of it.
Everything you need to make the call
- The site address and what the owner wants to build
- The applicant, plus the agent firm and its business contact
- A direct link to the full application and drawings
Only real work reaches you. New applications and fresh approvals, never the paperwork that follows a permission and never last spring's backlog.
Work every lead to a win
Every lead lands in your pipeline. Mark it contacted when you call, quoted when you price it and won when the job is yours. You always know which owners to chase, which quotes are waiting and how much work your leads have brought in.
Get found as well as finding work
Leads comes with your free directory profile. Add your projects, photos and service area, and owners searching for your trade near them see you and the work you have done.
Applications that bring you work
Your questions, answered
Which heritage jobs show up as leads?
Listed building consent applications and conservation area works where real building work is planned: repairs, windows, roofs, alterations and extensions.
Can I find specialist work across the country?
Yes. Your keywords work nationwide, ideal for thatchers, lime specialists and joiners who travel for the right job.
Will I see the architect on the job?
Yes. Every lead shows the applicant and the agent firm, with its business contact.
How quickly do I hear about a job?
The day the council publishes it, in one email a day, while the owner is still choosing a contractor.