Your Neighbour Filed a Planning
Application. Did You Know?
Every year, 470,000+ planning applications are filed across England. Extensions that block your light. Developments that tank your property value. By the time you see the scaffolding, it's too late to object.
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What We Monitor
Every type of planning application that could affect your property or neighbourhood
Extensions & Lofts
Rear extensions, loft conversions, side returns, conservatories. The most common applications that change the look of streets.
New Builds
New residential dwellings, housing developments, infill sites. From single houses to major estates.
Change of Use
Shops becoming flats, offices turning residential, pubs converting to housing. Changes that transform neighbourhoods.
Demolitions
Prior notification demolitions, partial demolitions, clearance of sites. Often the precursor to major development.
Listed Buildings
Listed Building Consent applications, conservation area works. Extra protections that affect what neighbours can build.
Major Developments
Large-scale residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. The big ones that genuinely change an area.
Most homeowners find out when the scaffolding goes up
By then, the consultation window is closed and the decision is made. PlanWatch changes that. We track every planning application across England so you always know what's happening near your property.
Protect your property value
Know about developments that could affect what your home is worth before they're approved.
Exercise your right to object
You have 21 days to comment. We make sure you know about applications in time.
Official government data
We pull from planning.data.gov.uk and council portals. Real data, not guesswork.
Planning permissions shouldn't be a mystery
PlanWatch was created after we experienced firsthand how difficult it is to stay informed about local planning applications. Despite planning data being publicly available, it's scattered across hundreds of council websites, buried in confusing portals, and updated sporadically.
We built PlanWatch to solve this problem. Our system monitors every council planning portal across England, extracts the data that matters, and delivers it to you in a simple weekly email. No more checking multiple websites, no more missed consultation deadlines, no more surprises.
Whether you're a homeowner protecting your property value, an investor tracking market opportunities, or a professional who needs reliable planning intelligence — PlanWatch gives you the information you need, when you need it.
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What Our Users Say
"Found out my neighbour was planning a massive loft conversion that would've blocked our light. Had 3 weeks to respond — without PlanWatch I'd have missed it entirely."
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How to Object to a Planning Application
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