Find Local Building Projects While They’re Still Being Planned
Extensions, new homes, conversions and major renovation projects are being submitted to local councils every week.
The information is public. The difficult part is finding the projects that actually matter to you without spending hours searching council websites.
Planr does that work for you.
It checks planning applications, identifies projects that could need a builder and brings the most relevant ones into one place.
Instead of hearing about a project once work has already started, you can see what people nearby are planning much earlier.
The same method I used manually to win work
Before building Planr, part of my job was searching council planning portals manually for potential building work.
I would find relevant applications, go through the details, pull together the useful information and write letters to the people behind the projects.
My boss would then follow up, sometimes delivering the letters himself while he was already nearby for another job or quote.
That process won work.
The problem was how much time the searching, filtering and letter writing took.
Planr was built to automate that admin.
What Planr looks for
For builders, relevant projects can include:
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Rear and side extensions
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Two-storey extensions
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New build homes
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Loft conversions
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Garage conversions
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Annexes
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Major alterations
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Residential conversions
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Larger renovation projects
Planr scores applications based on how relevant they appear to your trade so you can concentrate on the projects worth looking at.
Planning records do not reliably tell you whether somebody has already appointed a builder, so Planr does not pretend they do.
What they can show you is that a real project is being planned at a real property.
Go from project to personalised contact
Once you find a project you want to approach, Planr can generate a personalised letter using the application information.
On Growth and Pro, Planr can also learn about your business from your website so the letter can better reflect the services you actually offer.
You can download the letter and send it yourself.
Or use Print & Post for £2.50 per letter and Planr will print it, envelope it and post it for you.
Think about doing this manually
To do this yourself you would need to visit council websites, search through applications, read descriptions, work out which projects fit your business, collect the useful details, write each letter and then keep track of who you contacted.
That is exactly the process Planr is designed to remove.
You log in, review the projects Planr has found and decide which potential customers you want to contact.
15,000+ potential customers already identified
Across the areas and trades monitored by Planr, the system has already identified more than 15,000 potential customers over time.
Older opportunities drop out of the main dashboard after six weeks so the projects you see stay focused on what is current.
New ones are added as fresh applications are found.
Start free
You can try Planr free for 7 days with no card required.
See what is being planned near you, decide which projects make sense for your business and contact the ones you want.
Start your 7-day free trial and see what is being planned near you.