FurrowLead

The kind of jobs that come through

Three real applications from October 2026. Town only here; in the app you get the full application and who to ring.

Extensions

Bolton

Two-storey side extension and a part single, part two-storey rear extension with a Juliet balcony.

Received by the council, October 2026

New Homes

Ludlow

Full application for two new dwellings and a new access.

Received by the council, October 2026

Agricultural & Equestrian

Weston-under-Redcastle

A livestock building and a farm track.

Received by the council, October 2026

What it looks like

The same leads on your phone in the van and on the computer in the office. Every login works on one of each.

Sample screens. Figures are examples, references are blurred and towns are shown in place of addresses. In the app you see the full application. Get the app.

See where the work is

Switch to the map to see every lead around your yard. Orange pins have changed this week. Tap a pin to see the job.

Sample map. Pins and figures are examples, and the reference is blurred. In the app the map shows real streets.

Real numbers, one county

807 jobs in Cheshire East in 90 days.

That’s about 60 a week, from Crewe and Nantwich up to Wilmslow and Macclesfield. Every orange dot on the map is a real planning application FurrowLead picked up.

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Other areas: Cheshire West and Chester · Shropshire · Trafford · Stockport · Warrington · Wigan

How it works

Three steps. No trawling council websites at ten at night.

  1. Pick your counties and trades

    Choose the counties you work in and the kind of jobs you want: extensions, new homes, groundworks, commercial, whatever suits your firm. Set how far you’ll travel from your yard.

  2. We check the councils overnight

    Every weeknight FurrowLead scans the planning portals for every council in your counties. New applications land in your feed by the morning, with a digest email of the best ones.

  3. Get in early and track it

    Open a lead to see the full application and the agent or architect’s business contact details. Watch the job and we’ll tell you when it’s approved, refused, withdrawn or appealed.

What you get

Everything you need to go from a planning number to a priced job.

Fresh leads every weekday

New planning applications from every council in your counties, ready each weekday morning.

Filter by trade

14 trade sectors, from extensions and lofts to groundworks, commercial, agricultural and solar. Tree works and signage are there if you want them.

Distance from your yard

Only see jobs within the distance you’re prepared to travel. Switch to the map view to see where they sit.

Who to call

Full application details, plus the agent or architect’s business contact details when you open a lead.

Decision alerts

Watch a job and get an email and phone notification when it’s approved, refused, withdrawn or appealed.

Morning digest

A short email each morning with your best new leads, so you can look over them with your first brew.

Your own pipeline

Move jobs through new, contacted, quoted, won and lost. Add notes and quote values as you go.

Local agents and architects

A directory of the agents and architects working in your counties, with their application history. Know who’s busy.

Smart Areas

Learns from what you save, print and mark as quoted, and puts similar jobs first. Preview counties you’re growing into before you add them.

Also: print a lead to take on site, and export to a spreadsheet (CSV) on paid plans.

Leads for your trade

Any firm that wins work off the back of planning permission. Pick yours to see example jobs and how to set your feed.

GroundworksRoofingBuilders & extensionsAgricultural buildingsLofts & joineryElectricians & plumbersCommercialLandscapingDemolition

Small firm or bigger outfit, one van or ten. Pick the trades and counties that match the work you actually want.

Common questions

Where do the leads come from?

Public council planning registers. FurrowLead checks the councils’ own planning portals every weeknight and collects the new applications for you.

Do I get the homeowner’s name and number?

No. Private householders’ names aren’t shown. You get the agent or architect’s business contact details, and contact goes through them.

Here’s why. Homeowners are private individuals. The council publishes their names so neighbours can comment on the plans, not so firms can market to them. Ringing, texting or emailing a homeowner off a planning register risks breaking UK data protection and marketing rules (UK GDPR and PECR), and it’s you who’d be in the firing line.

The agent or architect is a business, already working for the homeowner, and is usually the one who puts the job out to price. So they’re the right person to call anyway.

Is my area covered?

Yes. FurrowLead scans every council planning authority across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, 376 councils scanned nightly. Pick a county and you get every council in it.

Now and again a council’s planning website goes down or changes. When that happens the app flags that council, so you know why it’s gone quiet, and the next scan catches up on anything it missed.

Try it free for 7 days and see the leads coming through in your counties before you pay a penny.

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Built on site, not in an office.

We work in groundworks and construction. We started FurrowLead because we got fed up trawling council websites at night and paying big subscriptions to the data firms. Read why we built it.

Get in early on tomorrow’s projects.

Seven days free. No card needed. See the leads in your area before you pay a penny.

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