Kitchen companies — planning application leads | PlanWatch
PlanWatch Demand Radar · for kitchen companies

Kitchen extensions are declared in the planning register 2–5 months before the kitchen is bought.

Most single-storey rear extensions exist to house a new kitchen/diner. The homeowner picks the kitchen while the shell goes up — your brochure should be in the house before the showroom visits start.

6,674 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

Showroom traffic arrives late, after three competitors have quoted.
"Kitchen extension" projects outspend kitchen-swap customers several times over.
You cannot target "about to extend" on any ad platform — it only exists in the register.

Extension-grade kitchens run £15,000–£50,000+. The register dates every one before the shortlist forms.

Exactly what we match for kitchen companies

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 diner1 – 4 monthshighthe application names the kitchen project itself
Two-storey / first-floor extensionTwo storey side extension and single storey rear extension3 – 7 monthslowground-floor rework often includes the kitchen — unconfirmed
Single-storey extensionHouseholder Planning Application - Single storey rear and side extension2 – 5 monthsmediummost single-storey rear extensions house a new kitchen/diner
New dwelling(s) / self-buildPlanning Application for the erection of a two storey dwelling with garage5 – 10 monthsmediumkitchen package is specified late in the build
Extension (storeys unspecified)Proposed rear extension and internal alterations2 – 6 monthslowextensions often include the kitchen — unconfirmed
Renovation / alterations (catch-all)Refurbishment and alterations to existing dwelling1 – 6 monthslowrefurbishments frequently replace the kitchen — unconfirmed

Kitchen decisions land 2–5 months after consent on single-storey extensions; later on new builds. 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 Refused and withdrawn applications are dropped automatically.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 ●●●1 – 4 months
Two-storey / first-floor extensionCO12A property near CO12 ●●●3 – 7 months
Single-storey extensionCO13A property near CO13 ●●●2 – 5 months
New dwelling(s) / self-buildCO16A property near CO16 ●●●5 – 10 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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Exclusive cover available: one kitchens 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