For groundworks, plant hire & drainage contractors

Groundworks go first. So should you.

Every commencement notice in the State the week it lands, filterable to enabling works, earthworks, site clearance, piling, land improvement and reclamation schemes, and drainage, attenuation and SuDS. Plus the permitted schemes that have not started yet, and how long each council's permissions take to reach the ground.

The old way

Groundworks are the first trade after commencement, so by the time a start is common knowledge the machines on site belong to someone else.

There's a faster way to the work.

What you get

Built around how groundworks, earthmoving & drainage contractors actually win work

Groundworks & enabling works

Site clearance, earthworks, bulk excavation, piling, ground improvement, raising ground levels, importation of fill, and land improvement and reclamation schemes, auto-tagged on their own trade filter.

Drainage, SuDS & flood

Swales, detention basins, stormwater attenuation and drainage schemes, culverts, land drainage and flood relief on a second trade filter, for drainage and SuDS installers.

On site now

The on-site feed lists every scheme breaking ground now, narrowable by the same trade filters. A commencement notice is the strongest start signal there is, and groundworks are the first package it releases.

What starts next

The council pipeline shows, council by council, what share of granted permissions start and the median days from grant to start, so you can line up plant and crews for the schemes still to break ground.

Archaeology zones flagged

Filter to sites inside a recorded monument's zone of notification, where archaeological monitoring of the excavation is likely. Build it into the programme before you commit to a start date.

Who to approach

The appointed main contractor where the register names one, and on Max the applicant organisation where a company applied, with Company 360 listing every other scheme it is behind. Save the filter for a weekly email, or on Max a signed webhook the moment a match appears.

In your plan

  • Groundworks & enabling works trade filter
  • Drainage, SuDS & flood trade filter
  • On site now: schemes breaking ground
  • Council pipeline: start rates and days to start
  • Archaeology zone filter
  • Saved searches & radius alerts
  • Webhooks & bulk export (Max)
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Every lead
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Every lead links back to the official public record.

Planning authorities, Building Control, the company register and EU tenders - assembled automatically, never invented. You can always check the source.

Every profession PlanningLeads serves

Be first to the work that fits you.

Start free: the groundworks and drainage filters work on every plan. Pro unlocks the on-site feed, the archaeology filter, the map and saved alerts; Max adds Company 360, webhooks and bulk export.