I built NearMyHouse because planning information in the UK is surprisingly hard for ordinary people to discover and understand. Applications are scattered across council websites, written in technical language, and easy to miss even when they could affect your street or neighborhood. The aim was to make that information much simpler: enter a postcode, see nearby planning applications on a map, read a plain-English summary, save the ones that matter, and receive alerts when something changes. I started with London because it has a strong central planning data source, then expanded the platform so it can support live planning data across England while keeping official council records as the source of truth. During development I deliberately avoided guessing missing information. If an application cannot be reliably located or a detail is not present in the official record, NearMyHouse leaves it out rather than inventing an answer. The product has evolved from a simple planning search into a wider neighborhood-awareness tool, with saved homes, monitoring, alerts, email notifications and area information such as conservation areas and listed buildings. The goal at launch is simple: help homeowners, buyers and local residents understand what is changing around them without having to navigate multiple council systems or decode planning jargon.

Know what is changing around your home

Free tool that shows planning applications around your house

Free tool that shows planning applications around your house