The council publishes
Planning authorities publish new applications and later record decisions on their public registers.
Planning intelligence for UK trades
Know what’s planned.See what fits your trade.
A focused shortlist of pending applications and recent approvals in your chosen council. See the proposed work, site address and council record, so you can decide which opportunities deserve your time.
Shared reports from £9/month · free redacted sample · cancel monthly
Your patch
Your chosen council and trade, with coverage checked before we confirm your subscription.
Local relevance · source records included
2 stages
pending applications show future work; approvals identify projects that have cleared planning.
Both stages included in every plan
Email + CSV
A Monday shortlist to review, sort and use in your own workflow.
Every plan · no dashboard requiredHow it works
From a planning record to your next move.
We pull and filter
We collect pending and approved records, then filter them to the work your trade quotes—extensions, lofts, roofs, glazing, renewables, landscaping and more.
Your report arrives
Your weekly email and CSV show the site address, proposal, application stage, relevant date and direct council-record link.
You review the fit
Check the source record, choose the opportunities that suit your business, and decide whether and how to approach them.
The lead
What actually turns up.
One clear record per opportunity, labelled pending or approved and filtered to your trade. Public samples are redacted; subscribers receive full project details and the source link.
Example subscriber record
Pending
- Published
- Recent application
- Authority
- Wandsworth Council
- Reference
- 2026/24••
- Site
- Byton Road, London SW17 · house number withheld
- Proposal
- Rear dormer roof extension to the main rear roof and roof extension above the two-storey back addition
- Category
- Extension · Loft
- Record
- Direct source link included in the subscriber list
Illustrative redacted presentation based on a public planning record. Paid reports identify the record and link to its source.
- Filtered to your tradeTell us you fit windows and you won't get tree-pruning consents and shopfront signage.
- Pending and approvedSee applications while they are undecided, then see newly approved work in the same service.
- Sourced from the public registerEvery row links back to the council's own record, so you can check it yourself before you spend a stamp.
- No names, no guessworkWe pass on the site and the approval, not the applicant's name. Your first letter must identify your business, state where the address came from and explain the opt-out route.
Coverage
Check your council.
Check your council before choosing a plan. An available council has successful pending and approved feed checks within the last 48 hours. We confirm the coverage for your trade before activation; a successful feed check is not a promise of new projects.
Wandsworth is awaiting a fresh coverage review after the council’s planning-system migration. You can still request availability.
Subscribe
Choose your verified council and plan.
Start with a verified council, choose your trade and subscription, then send your request. Online checkout is temporarily unavailable while the payment service is replaced; no payment is taken here.
Every plan includes pending and approved opportunities, full addresses, direct council-record links, a Monday email and CSV. Daily delivery is an optional £20/month add-on where verified.
Pricing
Pay for the councils you actually cover.
Every plan includes pending and approved records, trade filtering, full site details, direct source links, a Monday email and CSV export.
Shared Local
£9/month
- One verified council and one trade
- Weekly Monday email and CSV
- Shared with other firms in that patch
Shared Area
£19/month
- Up to four councils for one trade
- One combined weekly report and CSV
- Shared service, cancel monthly
Shared Region
£39/month
- Up to ten councils for one trade
- Pending and approved opportunities
- Weekly email and CSV included
Exclusive Patch
£44/month for 3 months
- Then £79/month
- One council and one trade
- No other exclusive customer for that combination
- Introductory place starts only after payment
Optional daily delivery is £20/month where the council refresh has been verified. The first-ten offer applies to the first ten successfully paid Exclusive Patch subscriptions—not enquiries. Standard Exclusive Patch pricing is £79/month. Samples are redacted; applicant names, personal contact details and inferred project values are not supplied. Any applicable taxes are confirmed before payment.
Questions
The ones people actually ask.
Where does the data come from?
Local planning authorities keep public registers of applications and decisions. We collect from those registers and turn the records into a consistent, trade-focused list. Subscriber entries link back to the council record so you can verify the source.
Do reports include applications that are still pending?
Yes. Every plan includes both pending applications and recent approvals. The two stages are collected separately and clearly labelled. Coverage is sold only after both stages have been checked for the chosen council.
Is contacting these homeowners legal?
We design the lists for transparent postal marketing: they include the property address and planning information, but not applicant names. Your first letter must identify your business, say where the address and planning information came from, include the privacy URL and explain how the recipient can opt out. We suppress an address within five working days of an objection and apply that suppression across subscribers.
We do not provide homeowner email addresses or phone numbers. If you use other contact channels, your business is responsible for the rules that apply, including TPS screening for calls. This explains how The Patch List operates; it is not legal advice.
My council is not listed. Can I still register?
Yes. You can request any UK council. We use requests to prioritise collector coverage and contact you only after the feed, filtering and availability have been checked.
How is this different from the lead sites I already pay for?
The Patch List starts with council planning records rather than consumer enquiry forms. We narrow the records by council and trade, provide the source link, and let you judge which opportunities fit your business.
How quickly after a decision do I get it?
Weekly reports are sent on Monday. Daily delivery is available as a £20/month upgrade where the council's refresh timing has been verified. The national collector rotates through councils, so this is a rolling planning-data service rather than a real-time alert.
What is the difference between shared and exclusive?
Shared plans keep prices low and may be supplied to more than one firm. An Exclusive Patch reserves one council-and-trade combination for one active exclusive customer. Different trades can still reserve the same council because their reports are filtered differently.
Availability request
Check your council and trade.
Choose a plan, council and trade. We will verify both pending and approved coverage, send a redacted sample and confirm availability before taking payment. Online checkout is temporarily unavailable while the payment service is replaced.
We'll only use your details to handle your request and talk to you about The Patch List. See our privacy notice.