Roofing leads from planning applications
Most roof repairs need no application. Roof work appears in planning applications when a property is being extended or converted, or when a listed building or a home in a conservation area needs consent.
Area alerts matches roof works from the wording of each proposal and emails the matches near a postcode as a daily or weekly digest.
Check recent applications for roofing work near a postcode
Proposal wording that signals roofing work
An Area alerts digest for roof works lists proposals with wording like this, with the address, the date and a link to the council record.
| Proposal wording | What it indicates |
|---|---|
| Replacement roof | A full re-roof, often on a listed building or in a conservation area. |
| Roof covering, tiles or slates | Materials are specified, so the proposal may describe the roofing work. |
| Dormer or rooflights | New roof structures or openings cut into an existing roof. |
| Solar panels or photovoltaic | Roof-mounted installations that need consent in some locations. |
| Chimney | Removal, rebuilding or alteration of a chimney stack. |
Marketing for roofers
Roofing work is mostly found through repairs, insurance jobs and recommendations. Planning applications add re-roofing on listed and conservation-area buildings, and new roofs on extensions and dormers.
- Look for named materials. Proposals that name slate, clay tiles or lead often come with conditions on materials. Read the decision notice before you price the job.
- Approach the main contractor as well as the owner. On extensions and dormers the builder often hires the roofer, so introduce yourself to builders working in your area as well as to owners.
- Time your approach to the decision. Work cannot start until permission is granted. Write after an approval, when the owner is collecting quotes.
- Explain heritage experience. Conservation-area and listed-building roofs need matching materials. Say which similar roofs you have worked on.
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.