Find garden and landscaping projects before the building work begins

Extensions, new homes, garden rooms and outdoor developments are being planned in your area. Many could create opportunities for landscaping and garden design. Planr helps you spot relevant projects and introduce your business while the plans are still taking shape.

The next garden transformation could start with a planning application

Imagine a homeowner planning a large rear extension that will change the entire layout of their garden.

Once the building work is complete, they might need a new patio, pathways, planting, fencing or a complete garden redesign.

Or perhaps someone nearby is planning a new home, with an outdoor space that hasn’t been landscaped yet.

These projects can appear on council planning websites long before the garden work begins.

But searching through applications to find the ones relevant to your business takes time, especially when landscaping isn’t always mentioned directly in the description.

Planr does the searching and helps you identify projects that could be worth a closer look.

What Planr looks for for landscapers and garden designers

Planr identifies planning applications that may create opportunities for outdoor design and landscaping businesses, including:

• Large rear and side extensions: Projects that could involve garden reinstatement, new patios or a redesigned outdoor layout.

• New homes: Potential opportunities to create gardens and outdoor spaces from scratch.

• Garden rooms and outbuildings: Developments that may need surrounding paving, planting or other landscaping.

• Swimming pools and outdoor leisure areas: Projects that could involve wider garden design and construction.

• Driveways and access alterations: Potential hard landscaping and paving work.

• Larger residential developments: Projects that may include communal landscaping, planting and outdoor spaces.

Many garden projects don’t require planning permission, and not every building application will lead to landscaping work. Planr helps you find potential opportunities within published planning records, then you decide which ones suit your business.

Make an introduction before the garden plans are finalised

Once you’ve found an interesting project, Planr helps you create a personalised letter introducing your services.

Rather than sending a generic landscaping advert, your letter can reference the proposed development and explain how your business may be able to help with the outdoor space.

On Growth and Pro, Planr can also learn about your business from your website, helping your letters reflect what you actually offer, whether that’s garden design, patios, driveways, planting or complete landscaping projects.

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

You approve every letter before anything is sent.

Find the projects that could become tomorrow’s gardens

Word of mouth and recommendations are valuable, but they won’t necessarily tell you when someone nearby is planning a major property change.

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

Review what’s being planned, choose the opportunities that match your services and introduce your business while the homeowner or developer may still be considering their outdoor space.

You stay in control of which projects you pursue.