Planning leads by trade
Pick your trade. You get a ready-made search across every council we cover, and you can narrow it to the ones you actually work in. Every figure on this page is counted from planning applications we hold, on 17 October 2026. Measured
The busiest trades on the register
- Builders and general contractors 66,774 applications in the last 90 days, across 349 councils
- Party wall surveyors 42,461 applications in the last 90 days, across 348 councils
- Extension specialists 38,171 applications in the last 90 days, across 348 councils
- Architects and planning consultants 19,776 applications in the last 90 days, across 347 councils
- Glaziers and window installers 17,683 applications in the last 90 days, across 342 councils
- Landscapers and driveway contractors 13,346 applications in the last 90 days, across 345 councils
- Loft and garage conversion specialists 9,517 applications in the last 90 days, across 333 councils
- Shopfitters and commercial contractors 8,275 applications in the last 90 days, across 342 councils
- Solar and renewables installers 4,329 applications in the last 90 days, across 337 councils
Trades a planning register is thin on
A council register only records work that needs permission. A new kitchen, a new bathroom, most replacement windows and most domestic solar panels do not, so they never reach a register — ours or anybody else's. If that is your trade, these pages will tell you what is there rather than sell you a list that is not.
Every trade search is in the one plan
There are no per-trade packs and no add-ons. A free account searches every council we cover and posts a letter for £1.45; £39 a month adds the applicants' names and addresses with 30 letters included, then £1.20 each.