Planning Leads for Landscapers: Find Garden Projects Before They’re Landscaped by Someone Else

Big extensions change the garden. New builds need a garden from scratch. Outbuildings, swimming pools, tree works — all of it goes through planning, all of it is published on council websites, and almost none of it gets seen by landscapers who could actually do the work.

The reason is simple: checking planning portals for garden-relevant applications takes real time, and most of what gets published isn’t garden work at all. Sorting the signal from the noise is the boring part nobody wants to do.

Planr does that sorting for you, every week.

How Planr finds planning leads for landscapers

Planr scrapes council planning portals across Herts, Essex, and London (expanding) every week, pulling in every new application and extracting applicant names and addresses from the documents — including redacted PDFs most people wouldn’t bother opening.

An AI model then scores each application for relevance to landscaping and garden design work, so garden-heavy projects surface near the top instead of getting lost in a list of loft conversions and shopfront changes.

What gets scored highly for landscapers

• Garden landscaping applications — direct hits, though relatively rare on their own
• Large rear extensions — these reshape the garden and often trigger a full redesign
• New build houses — garden built from scratch, frequently landscaped as part of the sale
• Outbuildings and garden rooms — need surrounding hard and soft landscaping
• Swimming pool applications — big-ticket garden projects, usually paired with wider landscaping

What you get

A scored weekly list of garden-relevant applications, plus a ready-to-send letter for each one. Planr reads your website before writing, so the letter reflects the kind of design and build work you actually do — hard landscaping, planting schemes, outdoor kitchens, whatever’s on your site — matched to the specific project.

Download, print, post. That’s it.

How much time this saves

Trawling council portals and reading application descriptions to spot garden-relevant projects takes about 2 hours a week done properly. Most landscapers don’t have that time free, which is why so many of these projects get landscaped by whoever the main contractor already knows.

Planr reduces that to about 10 minutes a week: check your scored list, download the letters worth sending. Roughly 7 hours back a 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 on real applications in your area first.

FAQ

Do most garden projects actually need planning permission? Many don’t on their own — but large extensions, new builds, outbuildings, and pools that do need planning usually come with significant garden work attached, which is what Planr surfaces.

Will I see straightforward “garden landscaping” applications too? Yes, where they exist, though they’re a smaller share compared to extension and new-build-linked garden work.

How does Planr know the garden work is significant? The scoring model weighs application type and scale — large extensions and new builds score higher because they typically require more extensive garden reinstatement or redesign.

Can the letter mention specific services like planting design or patios? Only what’s on your website. Planr writes based on your actual services, so the more your site says, the more specific the letter can be.

What areas is Planr live in right now? Herts, Essex, and London councils currently, with more being added regularly.

Stop finding out about the garden redesign after the turf’s already down. Start your 7-day free trial — no card required.