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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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Run a trade business?

Your next customers have already filed planning applications.

Thousands of UK planning applications matched a trade in the last 30 days — conservatories, windows, roofing, lofts, kitchens and ten more. Each one is a household announcing work weeks before they pick a firm.

Demand Radar turns them into a monthly, addressed mailing list for exactly one firm per trade, per area. £149/month, first list within 24 hours, cancel anytime. Want alerts, keyword rules and an API across whole councils rather than a mailing list? That is the Business plan, same price, no addresses.

Check your patch — free

Full postcodes search a 5 km business radius. Live register data. How Demand Radar works →

For businesses

Tell us the words that mean work for you. We'll tell you the homes.

PlanWatch Business tracks any keyword across any list of postcodes or whole councils, and flags every matching application the day it's filed. Here's what that did for one West London firm.

500 letters to Hillingdon homes about to fill a skip. 35 new jobs, every one tracked back to us.

Every extension, loft conversion, kitchen knock-through and demolition starts with a planning application, and every one of them ends with a pile of rubble that has to leave. We tracked the words that mean waste across Hillingdon, pulled out the owner-occupied homes with work approved, and Van That's Quick posted each one a leaflet.

Every leaflet carried a campaign QR code and batch number, so a PlanWatch job could never be confused with a Google or referral job. Six months on, they're still a client.

We used to find out about a renovation when the skip was already on the drive. Now we're the first letter through the door.Van That's Quick, waste removal, Ruislip
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Letters sent
500+, tracked by QR code and batch number
Jobs won
35+ at £285 average
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500+Hillingdon homes targeted, every one with building work approved
35+new jobs won in 6 months, tracked by QR code and batch number
£285average per customer, £9,975 of work from £894 of subscription

How it works for your business

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Pick your keywordsextension loft demolition hotel change of use — whatever means a job for you.
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Pick your groundA list of postcodes, or whole councils and cities. Up to 30 councils in a single rule.
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Get the homesInstant alerts with the council portal link, a dashboard, CSV and API. Want letters in the post? Add a monthly addressed list.
See the full Van That's Quick campaign →
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How It Works

Three steps. Two minutes. Total visibility.

Enter your postcode, choose how close to watch, then save alerts if you want ongoing monitoring.

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Enter your postcode

We instantly map your area and pull the latest planning applications from your local council.

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We monitor daily

Our system checks council planning portals every day for new applications, amendments, and decisions.

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You get alerted

Paid plans send instant alerts when new applications appear near your monitored postcode.

AI Planning Advisor

“Do I actually need planning permission?”

Ask in plain English and get a straight answer in seconds — grounded in the GPDO, the NPPF and gov.uk guidance, with every source shown so you can check it yourself.

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Every claim cited

Answers point back to the guidance they came from — no unsourced assertions.

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3 questions free

No card needed. Just your email to unlock your first answer.

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It says when it can’t help

If the guidance doesn’t cover your case it tells you, rather than guessing.

General information, not legal advice. Permitted development rights vary by property — always confirm with your local planning authority.

Coverage

What We Monitor

Every type of planning application that could affect your property or neighbourhood

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Extensions & Lofts

Rear extensions, loft conversions, side returns, conservatories. The most common applications that change the look of streets.

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New Builds

New residential dwellings, housing developments, infill sites. From single houses to major estates.

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Change of Use

Shops becoming flats, offices turning residential, pubs converting to housing. Changes that transform neighbourhoods.

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Demolitions

Prior notification demolitions, partial demolitions, clearance of sites. Often the precursor to major development.

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Listed Buildings

Listed Building Consent applications, conservation area works. Extra protections that affect what neighbours can build.

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Major Developments

Large-scale residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. The big ones that genuinely change an area.

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Why PlanWatch

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.

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Protect your property value

Know about developments that could affect what your home is worth before they're approved.

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Exercise your right to object

You have 21 days to comment. We make sure you know about applications in time.

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Official government data

We pull from planning.data.gov.uk and council portals. Real data, not guesswork.

About PlanWatch

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 checks connected council planning sources, extracts the data that matters, and gives you a searchable view. Paid monitoring adds instant email alerts for new applications near your monitored postcodes.

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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Pricing

Simple pricing. Cancel anytime.

No hidden costs. Cancel anytime. All plans include our core monitoring engine.

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Pick a plan after your free search when you're ready to track updates.

Starter
£4.99 / month

Perfect for homeowners monitoring their area

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Business
£149 / month

For businesses that need every relevant application across whole councils or cities

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Need addresses to post to instead? That is Demand Radar: same price, one trade per patch, a monthly mailing list. Business is alerts, keyword rules and an API across any councils, with no addresses.

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Plain English guides to UK planning law. Understand your rights and make your voice heard.

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Explore planning activity across every region of the UK. Each hub covers housing targets, key policies, and links to all local councils.

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