Planning Leads for Electricians: Spot Rewire and New Build Jobs Early
Every extension needs new circuits. Every new build needs a full electrical install. Every loft conversion needs lighting, sockets, probably a new consumer unit. All of that work starts with a planning application — months before the electrician actually gets called.
Most electricians find out about these jobs from the main contractor, if at all. By then the pricing’s already been done and you’re one of three quotes, not the only one. The planning application was public information weeks or months earlier. Nobody was watching for it, because who has time to check six council websites a week.
Planr watches for you.
How Planr finds planning leads for electricians
Planr scrapes council planning portals across Herts, Essex, and London (expanding further) every week, pulling every new application and extracting the applicant’s name and address from the paperwork — including from redacted PDF documents most people wouldn’t bother opening.
An AI model then scores each application for how relevant it is to electrical work, so you see rewires, new builds and extensions near the top, not a list of fence applications.
What gets scored highly for electricians
- New build houses — full electrical installs from first fix onwards
- Extensions — new circuits, additional consumer unit capacity
- Loft conversions — new lighting circuits, smoke alarm requirements, often a new consumer unit
- EV charge point installations — smaller jobs, but frequent, and many require planning where there’s a listed building or conservation area involved
- Change of use / commercial fit-outs — office-to-residential conversions and similar need full rewires
What you get
A weekly list of electrically-relevant applications, scored, with a ready-to-send letter for each one. Planr reads your website before writing, so the letter reflects what you actually offer — EV chargers, rewires, consumer unit upgrades, whatever’s on your site — matched to the homeowner’s specific project.
No drafting required. Download, print, post.
How much time this saves
Checking multiple council portals properly, opening documents to work out whether a job is worth chasing, takes about 2 hours a week if done consistently. Most electricians don’t have that spare, so leads like this quietly get missed every week.
Planr turns that into roughly 10 minutes: review your scored list, take the letters you want. That’s about 7 hours back every month.
Pricing and free trial
- Starter — £29/month. 1 council.
- Growth — £59/month. 3 councils.
- Pro — £79/month. 15 councils.
7-day free trial, no card required, 3 letters included so you can test it against real local applications.
FAQ
Does planning permission cover electrical work specifically? Not directly — planning covers the building works. But nearly every extension, loft conversion, and new build that gets planning permission will need electrical work as part of the build, which is why these applications are useful leads.
What about EV charger installs that don’t need planning permission? Most EV charger installs are permitted development and won’t appear on a portal. Planr surfaces the ones that do require planning — typically in conservation areas or on listed buildings — plus the much larger volume of rewire work from extensions and new builds.
How early will I see the lead compared to when the electrical work actually starts? Often months. Planning approval typically comes well before a main contractor is even appointed, which is your window to get in early with the homeowner directly.
Will I be contacting homeowners directly, or the builder? The letters go to the applicant, who’s usually the homeowner. Many homeowners appoint trades directly rather than leaving it entirely to a main contractor, especially for electrical work.
Can I filter for commercial vs residential applications? The scoring reflects relevance to electrical work generally. You’ll see the type of application (extension, new build, change of use, etc.) in the list so you can judge fit yourself.
Get ahead of the rewire before the builder even picks up the phone. Start your 7-day free trial — no card required.