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Planning opportunities for Bristol builders

Extensions, conversions, new builds, roofing, glazing, garages — every decision Bristol council issues, pulled from the planning register and tagged by the trade it needs. In your inbox every Monday. You get there before the homeowner starts ringing round.

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14 trade categories tagged BS1–BS41 covered daily 21 conservation areas in Bristol Source: planning.data.gov.uk + council portals

You're currently arriving at week 14

By the time a homeowner posts a job on a lead site, they've already got two quotes and you're the third. Here's where they actually are.

Week 0
Decides to extend

Nothing public yet.

Week 1–4
Pays an architect

Money is now committed.

Week 5
Application logged

Becomes public. You hear about it.

Week 13
Decision issued

Approved. You call. Nobody else has.

Week 16
Starts ringing builders

You're already quoted.

Week 18
Posts on a lead site

Four firms buy the lead. Race to the bottom.

The yellow bit is the window. It's roughly eleven weeks long, it happens on every single job, and almost nobody in Bristol is working it.

A lead site

  • Sold to three or four of your competitors at once
  • Homeowner is already comparing prices
  • You pay again for the next one
  • Tyre-kickers and insurance quotes in the mix

£60–£120 PER LEAD · £300+ TO WIN ONE JOB

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  • Public record — you're first because you looked first
  • Homeowner hasn't started shopping
  • Flat monthly fee, unlimited approvals
  • Filtered to the work you actually do

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Is this legal?

Planning applications are published by law so neighbours can comment. We link to the official council record on every entry. Marketing to named individuals has its own rules under GDPR and PECR — we cover what's allowed in the welcome email, and it's worth an hour with a solicitor before you send anything at volume.

Why refusals?

A refusal is someone who's paid an architect, waited three months and been told no. They need a redesign and they need it from someone who knows why Bristol said no. Architects and planning consultants tell us it's the best call on the list.

Which trades is this for?

Anyone whose work starts after permission is granted. Extensions and conversions are the highest volume in Bristol, followed by garages, new builds, roofing and glazing. Every decision is tagged with the job type and the trades it pulls in, so a scaffolder and a kitchen fitter see different lists from the same data.

What if I already check the portal myself?

Then you know it takes an hour a week and you'll still miss things. This is the same information, sorted by what it's worth to you, in an email.

This week's Bristol approvals, free

Forty recent decisions across BS postcodes, tagged by trade. Read it, ring two of them, decide if it's worth £29.

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