Planning Pipe alternative

Planning Pipe is £54.95 a month + VAT for two regions. SiteLens Pro is £39 a month for 380+ UK councils.

Planning Pipe: Two regions: £54.95 a month, or £44.95 a month on a 12-month plan. All UK: £109.95 a month, or £89.95 a month on a 12-month plan. Prices ex VAT; 12-month plans renew automatically unless you act on the reminder email.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, for 380+ UK councils, with a free plan to start. On either term that is less than Planning Pipe charges for two regions, and under half its all-UK price.

Checked 21 October 2026.

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by trade and mapped, with Companies House checks and your matches emailed each morning. Free to start, with no contract.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you want every new application across 380+ UK councils sorted by your trade and mapped, with Companies House checks on the firms you want to chase and your matches emailed each morning, for less than Planning Pipe charges for two regions: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Choose Planning Pipe if your outreach runs on volume and you want client, developer and architect post, phone and email details downloaded with each project, or a bespoke feed delivered to your team each week.

What SiteLens does better

Sorted by your trade

22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables, mark the trades each application needs, and a plain-English brief says what the job is. Planning Pipe sorts projects into sectors such as Residential, Commercial and Education.

On a map, with site checks

Every result sits on a live map. SiteLens checks 24 planning constraints, six drawn on the map, alongside EPC ratings and a street-level imagery link, and search runs by postcode and radius on every plan. Planning Pipe’s site does not advertise a map, and its pricing table lists postcode and radius search on Bespoke only.

Who is behind it, checked

Companies House numbers are matched to applicants, agents and contractors on every plan. Pro names the firms, opens the directors and filing health, and adds the agent’s published email and phone, plus 15 contact lookups a month.

SiteLens vs Planning Pipe, feature by feature

Each Planning Pipe entry comes from its own website unless the cell says otherwise. Checked 21 October 2026.

Feature	SiteLens	Planning Pipe
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually, for 380+ UK councils	Two regions £54.95/mo, or £44.95/mo on 12 months; all UK £109.95/mo, or £89.95/mo on 12 months (ex VAT)
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	A free public list of recent projects, 10 free leads by form, and a refund if you cancel a monthly plan within 3 days
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	Monthly, or 12-month plans that renew automatically; Bespoke runs 6 or 12 months
Built for	Subcontractors, suppliers, installers and design consultants who filter by trade	Contractors, suppliers, property and finance professionals
Users	Pro for one; Team for up to 5 at £99/mo, or £79/mo billed annually	One user; multiple users on Bespoke
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	All new UK applications, some types excluded, usually within 48 hours
Trade tags	22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables	Sectors, such as Residential, Commercial and Education
Postcode and radius search	Yes, on every plan	Bespoke only, per its pricing table
Plain-English search	Included	Keyword search
Project values	Estimated value bands, each naming its basis	A value band on each project
Planning documents	Read for figures and the named project team, with the document list	Plans and documents on every plan
Contact details	Agent’s published email and phone, the named project team and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	Client, developer and architect post, phone and email; decided plans on Bespoke
Companies House match	Yes, on every plan (directors, accounts and charges on Pro)	Not mentioned on its website
Alerts on new applications	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Email alerts on saved searches, weekly or monthly
Decision alerts	On every plan, including free	Approved and refused plans listed; their contacts on Bespoke
Maps and site data	Map search; 24 planning constraint flags, six drawn on the map; EPC and a street-level imagery link; history at the address on Pro	Not mentioned on its website
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Not mentioned on its website
Pipeline and exports	Built-in leads pipeline; CSV with HubSpot and Salesforce columns (Pro)	Downloads up to 1,000 projects a month (2,000 national); weekly files on Bespoke
API	API plan from £149/mo, billed annually	Not mentioned on its website

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When you should still pick Planning Pipe

If your sales motion runs on volume outreach and you want a contact list delivered with every project, Planning Pipe is built for that. It gives client, developer and architect post, phone and email details you can download in mailmerge format, lists refused and withdrawn plans as well as approvals, and its Bespoke service delivers weekly files to different people in your business.

SiteLens Pro gives you the applicant, the agent’s published email and phone and the named project team, each labelled with its source, plus 15 contact lookups a month for the firms you want to chase. It does that across 380+ UK councils for £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Can you use both?

Some teams will. Use SiteLens to qualify new applications by trade, area and fit, and check the firms behind the best ones. Add Planning Pipe if your outreach depends on a downloaded contact list for every project.

Frequently asked

How much does Planning Pipe cost?

Its pricing table is ex VAT. Two regions cost £54.95 a month month to month, or £44.95 a month on a 12-month plan; all UK costs £109.95, or £89.95 on 12 months. Bespoke plans run 6 or 12 months, from £54.95 a month. Annual plans renew automatically unless you act on its reminder email.

Is SiteLens cheaper than Planning Pipe?

Yes, on either term. SiteLens Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, for 380+ UK councils. Planning Pipe is £54.95 a month + VAT for two regions, or £44.95 + VAT on a 12-month plan, and all UK is £109.95 + VAT, or £89.95 + VAT. SiteLens also has a free plan with no time limit.

Does SiteLens give me client and architect contact details like Planning Pipe?

On Pro, for the firms behind a scheme, yes, each labelled with its source. The free plan shows Companies House numbers. Pro adds the agent’s and applicant’s names, the agent’s published email and phone, the case officer, the named project team, and 15 contact lookups a month for a firm’s business email and phone.

What does SiteLens do that Planning Pipe doesn’t?

It adds what Planning Pipe’s site does not mention: trade tags, a live map with 24 constraint flags, Companies House matches, and public tenders and awards near each site, all on the free plan. Postcode and radius search is on every SiteLens plan; Planning Pipe’s pricing table lists it on Bespoke only.

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