From £49 a month.
BuildSpotter monitors UK council planning applications and alerts you to relevant projects in your local area, so you can contact homeowners and developers before competitors do.
Register interestYour base location and the kind of area you serve. We'll line up the right leads for where you operate.
Extensions, loft conversions, new builds, solar installs, pools, garden rooms, rewires, bathrooms. Pick what matches the work you do.
Before the work gets quoted. Before the other guy picks up the phone. Email, text, WhatsApp, or check in whenever you want via the dashboard or mobile app.
Extensions, loft conversions, garden rooms, solar installs, renovations. By the time permission is granted and the skip turns up, half your competitors have already pitched. The good jobs go to whoever got there first.
BuildSpotter changes that. We watch every UK council every day and alert you as soon as the data is public, usually within 24 hours. Not months later when it's too late to get a look in.
Extensions, loft conversions, garage conversions, new builds.
Rewires, new builds, extensions, solar and EV installations.
New bathrooms, central heating, extensions needing first fix.
New roofs, dormers, solar installations, loft conversions.
New-build gardens, extension-driven redesigns, driveway works.
TPO works, site clearance, crown reductions and fellings on planning sites.
Replacements, extensions, conservatories.
PV arrays, battery storage, heat pumps.
Plasterers, tilers, kitchen fitters, bathroom fitters, pool installers.
Pay monthly. Cancel any time. Larger coverage areas and extra features available on higher tiers. No contracts, no enterprise sales calls, no tie-ins.
Full pricing announced at launch, or when you're invited in.
BuildSpotter is a small UK team with 20 years in tech and data. We built it because existing planning-data services are mostly expensive enterprise tools built for the wrong customer. UK-owned, and if something breaks, a real person answers the email.
BuildSpotter launches in phases from summer 2026. We want to get it right before opening the gates. Register your interest and we'll send you an invite when we roll out in your area.
Email, text, WhatsApp, or check the dashboard or app whenever you want. Alerts land within 24 hours of each application hitting the public record, with the site address, the applicant's details, and a summary of the proposed work.
Different products for different work. Checkatrade and MyBuilder are directories usually built around price competition on reactive jobs, like fixing a boiler or laying a patio. BuildSpotter is for planned, larger projects like extensions, loft conversions and renovations, where the homeowner has submitted a planning application but hasn't necessarily chosen their trades yet.
Glenigan and Barbour are built for large construction firms, with enterprise pricing, full-team licences and annual contracts. BuildSpotter is built for small to medium trade businesses. Monthly pricing, local alerts, cancel anytime, no sales call required.
No. You tell us the area you want to cover and we only alert you to work inside your radius. You'll never pay for leads outside it, and you won't be bothered with jobs that aren't relevant. No point alerting a Manchester roofer to a job in Cornwall.
No. Your details stay with us. We don't sell lists, we don't pass details to partners, we don't share anything with anyone. If that changes (it won't, but if it does) we'll tell you first and you can opt out.
One email when we open up in your area. That's it.
BuildSpotter is rolling out in phases by summer 2026. Register your interest now and you'll be first on the list when we open up in your area. One email when we launch. That's it.
Your details stay with us. We won't share them, spam you, or pass them on.