SearchLand is a land-sourcing and feasibility platform for developers and land buyers. SiteLens turns live UK planning applications into a daily, trade-classified lead feed for the construction supply chain, self-serve, from £0. Two tools, two jobs, and this page helps you pick the right one.
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SearchLand is built to source and appraise land, for developers, land sourcers and agents. SiteLens is built for the people who win work from planning applications: subcontractors, material suppliers and small developers. Same public data, aimed at a different job.
SearchLand has no public pricing, so you book a demo and talk to sales. SiteLens has a free forever tier and prices on the page, Pro from £29/mo billed annually (£39 monthly). Sign up with an email and start in minutes, no sales call.
Both cover UK planning applications. SearchLand carries 30 years of history for due diligence. SiteLens classifies every new application by trade, project type and estimated value, then emails the matches each morning. It turns planning data into a lead feed, not a research archive.
Feature-for-feature, based on publicly available information.
| Feature | SiteLens | SearchLand |
|---|---|---|
| Core function | Planning-application lead alerts | Land sourcing & site feasibility |
| Built for | Construction supply chain | Land buyers, developers, agents |
| Public, transparent pricing | Included | Not included |
| Free forever tier | Included | Not included |
| Start without a sales call or demo | Included | Not included |
| UK planning applications | 380+ councils, updated daily | 30-year history, updated daily |
| AI classification by trade & project type | Included | Not included |
| Plain-English brief + estimated value | Included | Not included |
| Daily alerts filtered to your trade & area | Included | New-application tracking |
| Map-based search | Included | Included |
| Land ownership & title data | Not included | Included |
| Sales / rental comparables | Not included | Included |
| Land valuation / site appraisal | Not included | Included |
| Planning history and EPC at the property | Included | Comparables & valuation |
| Strategic land (SHLAA, 5-yr supply, BNG) | Not included | Included |
| Typical cost | £0 / £29 / £79 billed annually (£39 / £99 monthly) | Sales-led (no public pricing) |
For a developer, yes. They solve different ends of the pipeline and don’t overlap.
Not publicly. SearchLand directs you to book a demo or trial rather than listing tiers, so it is a sales-led purchase. SiteLens prices on the page: a free forever tier, Pro from £29/mo and Team from £79/mo billed annually (£39 and £99 monthly). You can start without talking to anyone.
They compete for the same job, sourcing and appraising land, so the honest answer depends on which dataset you lean on. The clearest difference from the outside is how they sell: LandInsight publishes tiered pricing (£60/mo Starter, £180/mo Pro) you can read before committing, while SearchLand is sales-led with no public price list. LandInsight meters planning-application views by tier, capping Starter at 25 a month; SearchLand leans on a roughly 30-year planning history for due diligence. Trial both on a real site you are appraising, because ownership and comparables coverage decides it more than any feature grid. If you are not buying land at all, neither is the right shape, and that is the case this page is really about.
No. SiteLens monitors and classifies live planning applications as a lead feed for the construction supply chain. For land ownership and title, comparables, valuation and strategic land data, SearchLand is purpose-built and the better fit.
They are shaped for different jobs. SearchLand carries about 30 years of history for due diligence on a site. SiteLens focuses on live applications, classified by trade, project type and estimated value, with daily alerts, so you act on new work rather than research old records.
Pick SearchLand if your job is sourcing and appraising land: finding off-market sites, checking ownership and title, running sales comparables and land valuations, and assessing strategic land, housing supply and biodiversity net gain. That is what SearchLand is purpose-built for, and it goes far deeper than SiteLens on land data. SiteLens does not do ownership and title, comparables or site valuation, though it does show the public property record: the planning history at a property and its EPC record.
The trade-off is breadth you may not need. SearchLand bundles a full land-sourcing suite and prices it behind a sales call. If what you actually want is to know which new planning applications mean work for your trade, and to be told the morning they land, that is a narrower job, and SiteLens does it self-serve from £0.
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Read →Same daily UK planning feed, without the daily phone call.
Read →Whole-UK coverage from £29/mo billed annually, plus the map and classification.
Read →Planning data for the supply chain, not letter campaigns.
Read →Unlimited application views on every plan, not 25 at £60.
Read →Planning leads for the trades, not site sourcing.
Read →Every council included, classified by trade and value.
Read →Leads for your trade, not alerts about your neighbours.
Read →Find the work worth chasing, where BuildAlert posts letters.
Read →Construction leads from planning, not investment data.
Read →Planning-stage projects, not shared homeowner leads.
Read →Projects at planning stage, not pay-per-lead homeowner jobs.
Read →Reach the project before it reaches a tender list.
Read →The 2026 NPPF reforms commit to 1.5 million new homes, mandatory targets and faster decisions. That widens the pipeline for every trade.
Read: What the 2026 NPPF reforms mean for SME construction →