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  • MapEvery new application on a map
  • Browse by councilEvery council, by region
  • Smart searchSearch in plain English
  • Planning historyPast applications at any address

Planning data

  • Committee decisionsHow planning committees voted
  • Decision timesHow long councils take to decide
  • UK Planning IndexNewWhat is rising and falling, topic by topic
  • Council rankingsApproval rates and speed, ranked

Sites and property

  • Constraints checkFlood zones, heritage, green belt
  • HMO licencesLicensed HMOs on a map
  • Licensed premisesNewPremises licences and applications
  • Freehold ownersWho owns the land, by company
NewCommittee decisionsHow planning committees voted, and where they overruled their officers.Search committee decisions
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Plota Sites

  • Find landWhat it finds, every recipe
  • Land search mapEvery parcel, on the map
  • Saved sitesYour sites and searches
  • PipelineYour sites, stage by stage
  • The Plota Sites storyWhy and how we built it

Homes and land

  • Housing landSites for new homes
  • Strategic landLarge sites to promote
  • ConversionsBuildings to convert
  • Living sectorsRental, student and care
  • Nature and farmlandHabitat, woodland and farms

Business and energy

  • Commercial landIndustrial and logistics
  • EnergySolar, wind and batteries
  • Telecoms sitesMasts and rooftops
  • Motivated ownersOwners who may sell
  • Planning historyConsents and refusals

Popular recipes

  • Small sitesUnder half a hectare
  • Green belt edgeGrey belt candidates
  • Near a stationA walk from a station
  • Lapsed permissionConsents that ran out
Housing landSmall and medium housebuilders
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  • Small sitesUnder half a hectare
  • Garden plotsLarge garden plots
  • Self-build plotsSelf-build plots
  • Open landOpen land outside the green belt
  • Medium sitesMedium sites, 0.5 to 5 ha
  • Brownfield landBrownfield land beyond the register
  • Brownfield registerOn the brownfield register
  • Near a stationA walk from a station
  • Green belt edgeGrey belt candidates
  • Short of housingCouncils short of housing land
  • Green belt, shortGreen belt edge sites for grey belt assessment, in a council short of housing land
Strategic land and promotionLand promoters and strategic land teams
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  • Strategic landStrategic land over 10 ha
  • Edge of townEdge of a town or village, no planning history
  • Behind on homesEdge of a town in a council behind on homes
  • Green belt refusalsGreen belt refusals to look at again
  • Near big schemesOpen land where big schemes are approved
Conversions and permitted developmentDevelopers converting existing buildings
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  • Offices to homesOffices and shops to homes (Class MA)
  • Barns to homesBarns to homes (Class Q)
  • Build upwardsBuild upwards (extra storeys)
  • Knock down, rebuildKnock down and rebuild as homes (Class ZA)
  • House to HMOHouse to HMO
Commercial and industrialIndustrial, logistics and roadside developers
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  • Big warehouse landBig warehouse land near a motorway
  • Last-mile shedsLast-mile warehouse land
  • Small business unitsSmall business units
  • Self-storageSelf-storage
  • Trade countersTrade counter plots
  • Data centre landData centre land
  • Drive-thru plotsDrive-thru plots
  • Food store sitesDiscount food store sites
  • Hotel sitesBudget hotel sites
Living sectorsBuild to rent, student, care and retirement operators
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  • Build to rentBuild to rent sites
  • Care home sitesCare home sites
  • Retirement livingRetirement living sites
  • Day nurseriesDay nursery buildings
EnergySolar, wind, battery and charging developers
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  • Solar farmSolar farm
  • Small solarSmall solar farm (1 to 5 MW)
  • Wind farm landWind farm land
  • Battery storageBattery storage
  • EV charging hubsEV charging hubs
Telecoms and infrastructureMast, rooftop and infrastructure site finders
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  • Rooftop sitesRooftop mast sites
  • Ground mast sitesGround mast sites
  • Near major projectsLand near national infrastructure projects
  • Grid for generationLand next to a substation, for generation
  • Grid for demandLand next to a substation, for demand
  • Grid for storageLand next to a substation, for storage
Nature and landHabitat bank, woodland and farmland buyers
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  • Habitat bank landHabitat bank land
  • Habitat network landHabitat bank land in a habitat network
  • New woodlandNew woodland land
  • Nutrient credit landNutrient credit land
  • FarmlandFarmland blocks
Investment and motivated ownersInvestors and agents looking for owners ready to sell
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  • Owner in difficultyOwners in administration
  • Many loans securedOwners with many loans secured
  • Company land banksCompany land banks
  • Held 20+ yearsHeld for 20 years or more
  • Public landOwned by a council or public body
  • Overseas ownersOwned by an overseas company
Planning historyAnyone following permissions and refusals
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  • Lapsed permissionConsents that ran out
  • Permission endingPermission ending within a year
  • Live permissionLive permission
  • Refused in 5 yearsRefused in the last 5 years
  • Small refusalsSmall schemes refused (2 to 9 homes)
  • Dismissed on appealDismissed on appeal
  • Awaiting a decisionAwaiting a decision
  • 10+ homes approvedApproved for 10 or more homes
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Watch an area

  • Planning alertsFree emails for your area
  • Pro alertsKeyword alerts, every council

Watch a site

  • Track an applicationUpdates on one application
  • Portfolio monitoringOne digest for all your sites

On your website

  • Website widgetsApplications on your website
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Get the data

  • CSV exportApplications as a spreadsheet
  • CoverageWhen each council was last checked
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    • Find land
    • Land search map
    • Saved sites
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    • Small sites
    • Green belt edge
    • Near a station
    • Lapsed permission
    • Housing land
      • Small sitesUnder half a hectare
      • Garden plotsLarge garden plots
      • Self-build plotsSelf-build plots
      • Open landOpen land outside the green belt
      • Medium sitesMedium sites, 0.5 to 5 ha
      • Brownfield landBrownfield land beyond the register
      • Brownfield registerOn the brownfield register
      • Near a stationA walk from a station
      • Green belt edgeGrey belt candidates
      • Short of housingCouncils short of housing land
      • Green belt, shortGreen belt edge sites for grey belt assessment, in a council short of housing land
      • See all 11 on the map
    • Strategic land
      • Strategic landStrategic land over 10 ha
      • Edge of townEdge of a town or village, no planning history
      • Behind on homesEdge of a town in a council behind on homes
      • Green belt refusalsGreen belt refusals to look at again
      • Near big schemesOpen land where big schemes are approved
      • See all 5 on the map
    • Conversions
      • Offices to homesOffices and shops to homes (Class MA)
      • Barns to homesBarns to homes (Class Q)
      • Build upwardsBuild upwards (extra storeys)
      • Knock down, rebuildKnock down and rebuild as homes (Class ZA)
      • House to HMOHouse to HMO
      • See all 5 on the map
    • Living sectors
      • Build to rentBuild to rent sites
      • Care home sitesCare home sites
      • Retirement livingRetirement living sites
      • Day nurseriesDay nursery buildings
      • See all 4 on the map
    • Nature and farmland
      • Habitat bank landHabitat bank land
      • Habitat network landHabitat bank land in a habitat network
      • New woodlandNew woodland land
      • Nutrient credit landNutrient credit land
      • FarmlandFarmland blocks
      • See all 5 on the map
    • Commercial land
      • Big warehouse landBig warehouse land near a motorway
      • Last-mile shedsLast-mile warehouse land
      • Small business unitsSmall business units
      • Self-storageSelf-storage
      • Trade countersTrade counter plots
      • Data centre landData centre land
      • Drive-thru plotsDrive-thru plots
      • Food store sitesDiscount food store sites
      • Hotel sitesBudget hotel sites
      • See all 9 on the map
    • Energy
      • Solar farmSolar farm
      • Small solarSmall solar farm (1 to 5 MW)
      • Wind farm landWind farm land
      • Battery storageBattery storage
      • EV charging hubsEV charging hubs
      • See all 5 on the map
    • Telecoms sites
      • Rooftop sitesRooftop mast sites
      • Ground mast sitesGround mast sites
      • Near major projectsLand near national infrastructure projects
      • Grid for generationLand next to a substation, for generation
      • Grid for demandLand next to a substation, for demand
      • Grid for storageLand next to a substation, for storage
      • See all 6 on the map
    • Motivated owners
      • Owner in difficultyOwners in administration
      • Many loans securedOwners with many loans secured
      • Company land banksCompany land banks
      • Held 20+ yearsHeld for 20 years or more
      • Public landOwned by a council or public body
      • Overseas ownersOwned by an overseas company
      • See all 6 on the map
    • Planning history
      • Lapsed permissionConsents that ran out
      • Permission endingPermission ending within a year
      • Live permissionLive permission
      • Refused in 5 yearsRefused in the last 5 years
      • Small refusalsSmall schemes refused (2 to 9 homes)
      • Dismissed on appealDismissed on appeal
      • Awaiting a decisionAwaiting a decision
      • 10+ homes approvedApproved for 10 or more homes
      • See all 8 on the map
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