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Find out what's happening with planning in your area

Want to know what planning applications have been submitted near you? Planning Scan makes it easy to find planning applications near you, discover new developments and see what has been approved, refused or is still being considered.

Enter your postcode to explore planning applications near your property, nearby planning history and developments in your local area.

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Planning Applications & Developments Near Me

Find out what's happening near your property

Search your postcode to discover planning applications near you, planning permission, new developments and new builds in your local area. Explore what’s been approved, refused or is still awaiting a decision, and see the planning history of properties around you.

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What's Happening Near Me?

Planning Scan helps you understand the planning activity around your property, street and local area.

Whether you’re checking planning applications near me, looking for planning permission near me, or simply want to know about new developments near me, you can explore local planning information in one place.

Search your postcode to discover applications relating to homes, businesses, new developments and other types of development nearby.

Explore Planning Applications Near You

See recent and historical planning applications around your chosen location, including:

  • Approved planning applications
  • Refused applications
  • Pending applications
  • Withdrawn applications
  • Extensions and home alterations
  • Loft conversions
  • New houses and flats
  • New housing developments
  • Solar installations
  • Change of use
  • Demolitions
  • Commercial developments

You can view planning applications near you and investigate the details of individual applications, including their location, application type, status and decision.

Find New Developments Near Me

Wondering what is being planned or built in your area?

Planning applications can provide an early indication of new developments near you, from individual new homes to larger residential and commercial developments.

Search your postcode to discover proposed and approved developments around your property and surrounding area.

You can investigate developments such as:

  • New housing estates
  • New houses
  • Flats and apartments
  • Residential developments
  • Commercial developments
  • Mixed-use developments
  • Redevelopment projects
  • Large-scale construction projects

Find out what has been proposed, where it is located and what stage the planning application has reached.

New Builds Near Me

Looking for new builds near me?

Planning applications can show where new houses, flats and other buildings have been proposed or approved before construction takes place.

Use Planning Scan to explore planning applications for new residential developments near your property and see what is planned in your local area.

Planning Permission Near Me

Want to know whether planning permission has been granted for a property or development nearby?

Explore local planning applications to see what has previously been approved or refused. Looking at nearby planning decisions can give you useful insight into the types of development that have been considered in your area.

This can be particularly useful if you’re thinking about:

  • Building an extension
  • Converting a loft
  • Installing solar panels
  • Building a new home
  • Changing the use of a property
  • Demolishing an existing building
  • Carrying out other development work

Previous planning decisions don’t guarantee that a similar application will be approved, but they can provide valuable local context.

Why Check Planning Applications Near You?

Local planning information can be useful even if you’re not planning to build anything yourself.

You might want to:

  • Find out if a neighbour has applied for an extension
  • See whether new houses are planned nearby
  • Check for large developments in your area
  • Understand why a nearby application was refused
  • Research the planning history of a property
  • Investigate development before buying a house
  • See how your neighbourhood is changing
  • Research similar projects before making your own planning application

By looking at planning activity around you, you can get a better picture of how your local area is developing.

What Can You Discover?

Planning Scan brings together local planning information so you can explore:

Planning history
See previous planning applications and decisions around your property.

Nearby applications
Find applications submitted on your street and in the surrounding area.

Approved developments
Discover developments that have received planning permission.

Refused applications
See applications that have been rejected and investigate their decisions.

Pending applications
Find applications that are still awaiting a decision.

New developments
Discover proposed and approved housing, commercial and other developments nearby.

Search Your Area

Find out what’s happening around your property.

Enter your postcode to view planning applications near you, discover new developments near you and explore local planning history.

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