For anyone who uses planning data to win new business

Stop trawling council portals.
Every application, in one place.

Every planning application across the UK from the day it’s submitted, with every document and the site’s history back to 1980. Search it, save it and export it your way.

Change of use, Leeds412 results · 0.4s
Submitted this weekCommercialBack to 1980
Unit 4, Canal Wharf · offices to flatsSubmitted today
12 Park Row · change of use to caféSubmitted 2 days ago
Former mill, Kirkstall · 48 homesValidated · 27 documents
Before the council’s even validated it.
A week of business development

Stop losing days to portals and PDFs.

Whatever you sell or build, here’s how a week of finding new business runs with Buildscout.

Five days, one place.
AI · change of use within 3 miles
Leeds, Bradford and York in one search.
01Monday, 9am
01 · Find

Stop trawling council portals.

Every application across the UK, from the day it’s submitted.

Search by map, drawn area or postcodeDraw your patch on the map, or start from a postcode.
Or describe what you’re looking for to AIType “loft conversions within 2 miles” and AI builds the search.
Filter by type, status, size and dateOnly see the applications that fit your work.
02 · Assess

Stop opening every PDF.

Know the job in ten seconds, then search inside the documents that matter.

An AI summary of every applicationKnow what’s planned in seconds, without opening a PDF.
Keyword search inside the document types you chooseFind any word in plans, drawings and statements.
The full application: proposal, timeline, people and drawingsEverything about the job on one screen.
02Monday, 10am
Former mill, KirkstallAI summary
Conversion to 48 homes with ground-floor commercial. Heritage statement flags listed chimney.
Heritage statementDrawingsTransport
Found it in the heritage statement.
Unit 4, Canal Wharf · 27 documents
1998Unit built
2012Signage
2019Change of use
2026Flats
Refused in 2019. Here’s why.
03Tuesday
03 · Research

Stop guessing a site’s past.

Every past application on the site, with every document, back to 1980.

Planning history back to 1980See everything that’s been applied for on the site before.
Every decision and every document in one placeNo more digging through council portals.
See what was refused, and whySpot the risks before you quote.
04 · Track

Stop losing track of live applications.

Save what matters and re-run your searches in one click.

Folders and a leads board, from new to wonTrack every opportunity in one pipeline.
Unlimited searches and saved searchesRe-run a search in one click and see what’s new.
On Enterprise, folders fill themselves every dayNew matches land automatically, ready to review.
04Wednesday
New
Watching
Objected
Saved search re-run · 6 new since Monday
6 new since Monday.
AddressTypeStatus
Unit 4, Canal WharfChange of useSubmitted
Former mill, KirkstallResidentialValidated
12 Park RowChange of useApproved
CSV readyleeds-change-of-use.csv · 412 rows
Friday’s report, done by 10.
05Friday
05 · Report

Stop rebuilding spreadsheets.

Export what you’ve found to the tools your team already uses.

CSV exports every weekPull your data into the tools you already use.
On Enterprise, unlimited exports sent to each person automaticallyEveryone gets their own list. No copying and pasting.
Nationwide coverage on EnterpriseEvery council in the UK, in one search.

Illustrative week. Timings vary.

Your package

The best of Buildscout for planning data.

Everything you need to find, research and track planning applications for new business. Scale up when your team does.

Start small, scale nationwide.
Best for most teams
Planning data£99 /mo

Every application and document, ready to search, save and export.

You save leads into folders by hand. Automatic filing is on Enterprise.
  • Find it
  • Every application from the day it’s submitted
  • Search by map, drawn area or AI
  • An AI summary of every application
  • Research it
  • The full application: proposal, timeline, people and drawings
  • Planning history back to 1980, with every document
  • Keyword search inside the document types you choose
  • Save and export it
  • Save leads into folders yourself, and track them on a leads board
  • Unlimited searches and saved searches, re-run in one click
  • CSV exports every week
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For teams and national coverage
Enterprise£499 per user /mo

Nationwide data that files itself, for the whole team.

Includes everything in Planning data and Homeowner outreach
  • Every council, first
  • Nationwide coverage, included
  • Applications picked up at submission, up to 22 days before validation
  • Leads that file themselves
  • Folders that fill with new matches automatically, every dayEnterprise only
  • New leads saved for you, so nobody files by handEnterprise only
  • Unlimited CSV exports, sent to each person automatically
  • The people behind every job
  • Architects and agents, extracted and enriched
  • Company owners, even behind holding companies
  • Contact lookup, including LinkedIn
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