Landscaping leads from planning applications
Outdoor work reaches the planning register when it affects a boundary, a protected tree, a conservation area or a listed building, or when an outbuilding or driveway is outside permitted development.
Area alerts matches landscaping and outdoor work from the wording of each proposal and emails the matches near a postcode as a daily or weekly digest.
Check recent applications for landscaping work near a postcode
Proposal wording that signals landscaping work
An Area alerts digest for landscaping and outdoor lists proposals with wording like this, with the address, the date and a link to the council record.
| Proposal wording | What it indicates |
|---|---|
| Garden room or outbuilding | A new building in the garden, often with groundworks and services. |
| Driveway or dropped kerb | Hard surfacing and a new vehicle access. |
| Boundary wall, fence or gates | Work on the edge of a plot, often on a road frontage. |
| Patio, decking or swimming pool | Larger garden construction, sometimes with levels or drainage. |
| Tree works or TPO | Felling or pruning of protected trees, or trees in a conservation area. |
Marketing for landscapers
Landscapers usually find work through seasonal advertising and word of mouth. Planning applications show outdoor projects that need consent, and extensions and new homes that will leave a garden to finish.
- Follow extensions as well as garden work. An extension often ends with a new patio, paths or turf. Choose extensions and conversions alongside landscaping and outdoor if you want those projects.
- Plan your approach around the season. Applications approved in winter are often built in spring. Keep a list of approved projects and write before the season starts.
- Read tree work conditions. Consent for work to protected trees comes with conditions. Check the decision notice before you offer to carry out the work.
- Show finished gardens nearby. Photographs of completed gardens in the same area are more useful to an owner than a general brochure.
Area alerts subscribers can have an introduction letter printed and posted to the address of a matched application for £1.95 a letter. Letters are addressed to the owner or occupier and do not name the applicant. Copy the letter template.
What Area alerts includes
- £29 a month or £290 a year, up to 3 areas.
- Each area is a postcode with a radius of 1 to 25 miles.
- A daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions, sent only when there is something to report, up to 50 updates in each.
- Project types are matched from proposal wording, so read the council record before you contact anyone.
Coverage is incomplete.
Councils that do not publish coordinates for an application are not included in area alerts. Check coverage for your councils.
Digests are sent daily or weekly, not as applications arrive, and each digest lists up to 50 updates.
Get emailed about new planning applications in your area
Area alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
Set up an area alertRead how to find building work from planning applications before you contact a homeowner.