Planning search and alerts
Nimbus offers a comprehensive range of tools to find sites with or without planning and the ability to be alerted to any applications of interest in your target areas.
How it works
Our planning search and alert tool allows you to quickly identify opportunities with or without planning as soon as they are submitted.
- Search for relevant applications.
- Save your search and be alerted when new applications are submitted or updated.
- Export your searches for further analysis.


Planning search
Search for approved, refused or pending applications across any local authority. Refine your search with the unit number filter and include or exclude keywords so you only see the applications you are interested in.
Lapsed planning
Spot opportunities by using the date filter to identify planning applications where progress may have stalled.


Track your competition
Use the applicant and agent search to see applications submitted by specific individuals or companies across the UK, so you can monitor your competition's activity. Set up alerts to be notified as soon as relevant applications go in.
Planning alerts
Set up alerts for your searches and be notified as soon as a new application is submitted or updated. With planning data updated daily, these alerts mean you’ll never miss out on the very latest information.


Detailed reporting
Want to see see who is working with who, what they are paying and which consultants are getting results? All planning searches can be easily exported into a CSV file, with live links to each property, listing ownership, details of the applicant and the agent.
Having the capability through the software for live properties to update every 24 hours, it allows us to be on the front foot and get opportunities straight out to our franchise owners, it's really added value in that respect.
Kieran Smith
Senior Property & Relationship Manager, Anytime Fitness
Nimbus has allowed me to truly scale my property business - going from sourcing 3 sites a month using traditional methods to 600. And one of those I secured through Nimbus was 50% profit on GDV.
Dave Hartnett
CEO, Mounbatten Estates
Nimbus is ultimately the one-stop shop for us. Being able to overlay our Land Registry titles over Google satellite imagery really helps us to bring it all into one place.
Nick Rowland-Hill
Estate Development Manager
Nimbus allows us to get in front of clients and win business – it’s a must-have for us as an agent.
Edward Siddall-Jones
Director, Siddall Jones
Other game-changing Nimbus features
Info panel
See all the information you need on a property in a single click – including ownership, property sizes, uses, values, planning applications, constraints, and more – saving you 80% of the time you would usually spend assessing a site.
Comparables
Our comparables tool for commercial and residential properties gives you existing use and land values, and predicted sales prices. Gain a complete picture of the value proposition to ensure your proposed scheme stacks up.
DTV Letter Sending
via Stannp
Our direct-to-vendor letter-sending feature, powered by Stannp, helps you secure off-market deals faster. Customise our default letter template, then send it seamlessly within Nimbus. With automated processing, you can send letters at scale, speeding up your search.
My Sites
Efficiently manage your property searches with our inbuilt Kanban-style project board. Use it to track updates and response rates and as the launchpad for direct-to-vendor letter campaigns.
Planning constraints
Use our real-time planning information to see planning histories on or around a target site so you can see at a glance any planning constraints that could impact your proposed development.
Availability listings
No need to hunt around the web – view all available live commercial and residential property listings – whether freehold, leasehold, for sale or to let –
right inside Nimbus.