We pick up planning applications at submission, not validation, and write to the homeowner in your name the day they apply. Then run every job, your team and your clients in one app.
Official lead generation partner of the Federation of Master Builders
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Built from just over 1,000 targeted letters: 6 projects won, ranging from £70k to £1.5M.
Steven, Director, KAS ConstructionThe Federation of Master Builders stands for builders who do the job properly. We built Buildscout so those builders get first pick of the work.
FMB member offer: 500 extra planning applications a year, free, with Homeowner outreach. Normally £50 a month.
Every application near you, filtered to your work.
Planning dataLetters reach homeowners days after they apply for planning.
Homeowner outreachOne app for your jobs, your team and your clients.
ProjectsStart with the problem that costs you most. Add the rest when you need it.
A letter in your name goes out automatically when a homeowner applies for the work you want.
Every council in the UK, back to 1980, with the drawings. Filtered to your trade and your patch.
No more WhatsApp groups, paper timesheets or chasing updates. Everything about the job, in your pocket.
Selling to builders and architects? See Enterprise →
“2 +£100k contracts come in through Buildscout in the first 4 months”
“The letters genuinely work. I’ve won a handful of large building projects”
“Already won a £300,000 job in only 3 months of using the platform”
“It saves a lot of time compared to searching manually through planning portals”
“We are receiving approximately 3 to 4 times more leads”
“I think every building firm would benefit from using this, because it’s easy, it’s simple, and it works.”
Tina, Office Manager, JH Building Services, West Sussex. FMB member▶ Watch Tina’s story, with soundThe short version. There’s more on plans, letters and data in our full FAQs.
One place to find, win and run your work. Buildscout shows you every planning application near you, writes to homeowners for you the day they apply, and runs your jobs, team and clients in one app. It's built by Searchland, the UK planning data company.
Builders and contractors who want to choose their work instead of waiting for it. It's also for suppliers and installers looking for the jobs that need their product, B2B sales teams selling to builders, architects and developers, and anyone who works with planning data.
Start with the problem that costs you most. Projects (£49 a month) runs your jobs. Planning data (£99 a month) finds the work. Homeowner outreach (from £199 a month) writes to homeowners first. Enterprise (£499 a month per user) is for B2B sales teams. Each plan includes everything in the one before it. Prices exclude VAT.
Projects and Planning data both start with a 14-day free trial. Sign up on the platform and start using it straight away. To cancel during your trial, just email hello@buildscout.co.uk. After the trial, billing starts on a rolling monthly basis, so there's no 12-month contract, and you can cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
Talk to us. These are 12-month plans that we set up with you, including your area, the work you want and your letters. FMB members get 500 extra planning applications a year, free, on Homeowner outreach.
Try Projects or Planning data free for 14 days, or talk to us about your patch.