Planning research software for planning and development consultants

Search planning applications and appeals, read the documents, check site policy and the council’s housing land position, and turn your findings into client-ready site reports, all on one map.

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Precedent, policy and site assessment in one place

Planning search and alerts

Assess precedent and keep up with what changes. Search by keyword, use class or reference, then filter by decision, application type, appeals and more to find the cases that shape your advice. Set an alert on a client’s site, a council area or a boundary you draw, so new submissions and decisions reach you, usually within 24 hours of being published.

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AI summaries and planning documents

Synthesise large volumes of planning information instantly. Ask the AI Assistant to summarise a site’s planning history, policy and risks with its sources cited, and open the original documents where available, from officer reports to decision notices. Less time researching and collating, more time on strategy.

Site policy at a glance

See every policy that applies to a site in one view, with the detail behind each one, from Article 4 restrictions to conservation areas and emerging local plan allocations. Check adopted and emerging allocations, settlement boundaries and policy designations together, so you can set out a site’s policy position without working through the local plan page by page.

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Local authority position

Check whether the presumption in favour is likely to apply, with local plan status, housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test results, alongside the council’s approval rates and decision times.

Ownership and control

See who owns a site, with the freeholder’s contact details and ultimate owner where available. Search by owner and include subsidiaries to understand a landholding before you advise a client on a route forward.

Client-ready site reports

Choose the sections that matter, add your practice logo and produce a consistent PDF site report to support your advice. Each report brings ownership, planning history, policy, constraints and local context into one document, ready to share with a client or attach as supporting evidence alongside your own advice.

Policy context, already interpreted

Local plan status, housing land supply, Housing Delivery Test results and whether the presumption in favour is likely to apply are brought together for every site. You don’t have to rebuild them from council documents each time.

Evidence your clients can trust

Planning records show the council they came from and the date they were retrieved, documents open from the original application, and AI summaries cite the records they draw on. Every point in your advice can be traced to its source, so clients can trust it and check it.

From planning advice to the next step

When a client’s site moves forward, Projects keeps the work going: run an appraisal, commission technical reports, or run community engagement through Give My View, all alongside the site record.

Built for every role in a planning consultancy

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Advise with the full picture

Show clients the council’s housing land position, approval rates and decision times alongside site policy, so your advice is backed by evidence from the first meeting.

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Consistent outputs across the team

Standard site reports mean every client gets the same quality of evidence, whoever on the team prepared it.

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Spot opportunities for clients

Use grey belt, station-led and other strategic layers to identify sites with planning potential for promotion clients.

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Find relevant precedent fast

Filter applications by type, decision and number of homes, or show appeals only, to find the cases that matter for your client’s site.

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Read the documents without the portal hunt

Open officer reports, decision notices and plans from the application record where available, and filter documents to find the one you need.

Keep an eye on what’s changing

Set alerts on a client’s site, or on a whole council area, and filter them by keywords such as “refused” or an applicant’s name. New applications usually reach you within 24 hours of being published.

Test the numbers early

Run an appraisal from a Project using site data sent straight from LandTech, and show clients a route to funding when the scheme moves forward.

Commission evidence in one place

Order utilities reports, surveys and biodiversity assessments, or run community engagement through Give My View, as the client’s scheme progresses.

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Understand land interests before you advise

Check the freeholder, ultimate owner and wider holdings for a site and its neighbours, including land held through subsidiary companies, before you advise on assembly or access.

Questions from Planning Consultancies

What should planning consultants look for in planning research software?

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Look for five things: application search with filters for decision, type and appeals; access to the application documents; site-level policy with the council’s housing land and plan status; ownership you can act on; and outputs you can use in client work. LandTech brings all five onto one map, with site reports, CSV export and planning alerts. Planning applications are updated every 24 hours, and appeals every three months.

How accurate and reliable is LandTech’s planning and ownership data?

LandTech takes its data from official sources and publishes where each dataset comes from and how often it is updated. Ownership comes from HM Land Registry and Companies House and is refreshed monthly. Planning applications are collected from local planning authorities every 24 hours, and appeals from the Planning Inspectorate every three months. Each planning record shows the council it came from and the date it was retrieved, so consultants can check any point against the original before it goes into client advice.

Can LandTech show whether the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies?

Yes. For any site, LandTech shows the local plan’s adoption status, any emerging plan, the council’s housing land supply and its latest Housing Delivery Test result, and indicates whether the presumption in favour is likely to apply. Consultants can see the position immediately, then confirm it against the council’s latest published figures.

Can I view and download planning documents in LandTech?

Yes, where the documents are published on the council’s planning portal and collected by LandTech. Officer reports, decision notices, plans and consultation documents sit on the application record, where you can filter, view and download them without visiting each council portal.

Can LandTech’s AI summarise a site’s planning history?

Yes. The AI Assistant can summarise a site’s planning history and policy and highlight risks, giving consultants a fast starting point. Each summary cites the source records and documents it draws on, so you can check every point before it goes into client advice.

Can LandTech show who owns a site and how to contact them?

Yes. LandTech shows the registered freeholder for any site, with contact details and the ultimate owner where available, drawn from HM Land Registry and Companies House. Consultants can search by owner name, include subsidiary companies and view a company tree, which helps identify the right decision-maker or the owners to notify for a planning application. Confirm against the official title register before serving notice.

Can LandTech alert me to new planning applications near a client’s site?

Yes. Planning Alerts watch a saved site’s boundary, and Planning Search Alerts watch a whole map view, council area or drawn polygon. Alerts can be filtered by keywords such as “approved”, “refused” or an applicant’s name, arrive by email daily or weekly, and usually fire within 24 hours of an application being published.

Can I use LandTech site reports in client deliverables?

Yes. Choose the sections relevant to the site, add your practice logo and export a consistent PDF report covering ownership, planning history, policy, constraints and local context.

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