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PlanWatch Demand Radar · for bricklayers & building contractors

Approved extensions in your patch — before the homeowner has a builder.

Footings and shell are the first trades on any extension. The consent date tells you exactly when that phone call is coming; the letter puts your name in the house before it does.

12,513 matching applications hit the UK register in the last 30 days — filtered down to just the councils or postcode areas you cover.

Why the register beats every other lead source

Word-of-mouth is great until the pipeline goes quiet.
Lead portals resell the same job to every builder in the postcode.
You cannot see which streets have live consents — we can.

Extension shells run £15,000–£60,000. The register lists every consented one in your area, with timing.

Exactly what we match for bricklayers & building contractors

This is the real matching table, not marketing. Every lead row you receive shows its trigger, demand window and confidence — and the reasoning is printed on the row so you can sanity-check every address before it's mailed.

TriggerExample from the registerDemand windowConfidenceWhy it matters to you
Kitchen extension / open-plan kitchenSingle storey rear extension to form open plan kitchen dinernow – 3 monthshighkitchen extensions start with footings and shell
Two-storey / first-floor extensionTwo storey side extension and single storey rear extensionnow – 4 monthshighfootings and two-storey shell start on consent
Single-storey extensionHouseholder Planning Application - Single storey rear and side extensionnow – 3 monthshighfootings and shell are the first trades on site
Garage conversionGarage conversion to habitable accommodationnow – 3 monthsmediuminfill wall below the new window
Conservatory / orangery / porch / garden roomErection of a conservatory to rearnow – 2 monthsmediumdwarf walls and base come first
New dwelling(s) / self-buildPlanning Application for the erection of a two storey dwelling with garage2 – 8 monthsmediumnew-build programmes run longer; shell after groundworks
Outbuilding / annexe / detached garageHouseholder Planning Application - Detached garage.now – 4 monthsmediummasonry outbuildings start with the shell (timber ones do not — hence medium)
Extension (storeys unspecified)Proposed rear extension and internal alterationsnow – 4 monthsmediumextension confirmed but scale unknown
Change of use to residential / HMOChange of use from office (Class E) to 4 no. residential flats3 – 9 monthslowstructural alterations likely but unquantified
Renovation / alterations (catch-all)Refurbishment and alterations to existing dwelling1 – 6 monthslowopenings/structural work possible — unconfirmed

Single-storey shells start 0–3 months after consent; two-storey 0–4. Demand windows are measured from the expected decision date. Refused and withdrawn applications are dropped automatically. How the demand windows are built →

See what’s in your patch

Type the councils or postcode areas you actually work. We will run the last 90 days of the public register through the same trigger model your batches use and tell you how much matching demand is sitting in it right now.

Counts only. High and medium confidence matches, deduplicated to one line per application. The site addresses, planning references and per-row reasoning are what a subscription buys.

How it works

1. Pick your patch

The councils or postcode prefixes you cover — a town, a county, or several.

2. We scan the register

Every month we cross live planning applications from 378 UK councils with the trigger model above and score the demand window.

3. You get a mailing list

A deduped, mailing-house-ready CSV of "Owner/Occupier" addresses — one household, one letter, prior recipients suppressed automatically.

Sample leads (anonymised)

TriggerAreaPropertyExpected demand
Kitchen extension / open-plan kitchenCO15A property near CO15 ●●●now – 3 months
Two-storey / first-floor extensionCO12A property near CO12 ●●●now – 4 months
Single-storey extensionCO13A property near CO13 ●●●now – 3 months
Garage conversionCO16A property near CO16 ●●●now – 3 months

Real batches show the full site address, planning reference, score and reasoning. Samples are illustrative.

The rules (non-negotiable)

Postal outreach only. Mail only — no email, no SMS, no cold calls. Each letter should cite the planning reference and carry an opt-out address. The data is from the public planning register; we store no applicant names and address letters to "The Owner/Occupier".

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£149/month · bricklayers & building contractors · your patch

Exclusive cover available: one brickwork and building work subscriber per patch — first come, first served. If your area is already taken, we'll tell you before you pay anything.

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How to actually work these leads

A list is not a pipeline. What to send, when to send it, how many times to follow up and the compliance line we hold: how to turn planning applications into jobs →

PlanWatch Demand Radar · leads sourced from the public UK planning register · postal outreach only. All trades · The guide