Find commercial projects while they’re still being planned

Offices, retail units, industrial premises and mixed-use developments are being planned in your area. Planr helps you find potentially relevant commercial projects and introduce your business before construction or refurbishment gets underway.

Your next commercial project could already be on a planning portal

Imagine a developer applying to convert an existing building into commercial premises. Or a business planning an extension to its warehouse.

Both could create opportunities for contractors, but you might not hear about them until the project reaches the tendering stage.

The planning applications could already be publicly available.

Finding them manually means checking different council portals, reviewing applications and working out which developments are relevant to the type and scale of work your business takes on.

Planr does the searching and helps bring potentially suitable commercial projects to your attention.

What Planr looks for for commercial contractors

Planr identifies planning applications that may create opportunities for commercial construction and refurbishment businesses, including:

• Office developments: New premises, extensions and alterations to existing office buildings.

• Retail and hospitality projects: New units, changes of use and premises undergoing significant alterations.

• Industrial and warehouse developments: New buildings, extensions and changes to existing facilities.

• Mixed-use developments: Projects combining commercial and residential spaces.

• Commercial conversions: Existing buildings being adapted for a different use.

• Larger refurbishment projects: Applications involving substantial changes to commercial properties.

A planning application doesn’t confirm that a contractor is being sought, that a tender is open or that the project will proceed. Planr highlights potential opportunities so you can review the details and decide which developments suit your business.

Introduce your company with the project in mind

Once you’ve found an application that interests you, Planr helps you create a personalised letter introducing your business.

Your letter can reference the proposed development rather than arriving as a generic construction advert.

On Growth and Pro, Planr can also learn about your company from your website, helping your letters reflect the services you actually offer, whether that’s commercial construction, refurbishments, fit-outs, conversions or specialist contracting.

Download the letter to print and post yourself, or choose Planr’s Print & Post service for £2.50 per letter.

You review and approve every letter before anything is sent.

Discover opportunities beyond your existing contacts

Relationships with developers, architects and other contractors are valuable, but they won’t necessarily show you every commercial development being proposed locally.

Planr gives you another way to discover potential projects across your chosen council areas.

Review the applications, assess whether the scope fits your business and decide which organisations or applicants are appropriate to approach.

You stay in control of which opportunities you pursue.