Is there an alternative to Planning Pipe?

Yes. PlanFalcon uses the same public UK planning registers, adds public tenders and contract awards, and ranks every application against your trade instead of leaving you to filter a list. Strukta, Glenigan and Barbour ABI are other options, at different prices and depths.

How much does Planning Pipe cost?

When we checked their site on 3 November 2026: £44.95 a month for up to two regions, £89.95 a month for nationwide coverage with client and architect contacts, and bespoke six-month packages from £54.95 a month. Check planningpipe.co.uk for current prices.

How much does PlanFalcon cost?

There is a free plan for one area. Pro is £29 a month and Max is £59 a month, both with a 14-day free trial and no card needed to start. Prices are published and you can cancel any month.

Does PlanFalcon include contact details?

Where they are public. PlanFalcon names the planning agent and applicant firm when the council publishes them, adds Companies House details and parent companies, and shows business phone and website details for the firm. It does not sell personal contact details for named individuals.

Is PlanFalcon good for extension and loft conversion leads?

Not really. PlanFalcon deliberately scores householder applications down because its users are contractors and suppliers working on larger schemes. If domestic work is your market, a householder-focused leads service is likely the better fit.

A Planning Pipe alternative that ranks the leads for you

Planning Pipe sells UK planning leads with contact details, filtered by sector, value and area. PlanFalcon starts from the same public planning registers but scores every application against the work your business actually does, explains why it matched, and adds public tenders and contract awards to the same feed.

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Free plan, plus a 14-day trial of the paid features. No card required.

Planning Pipe

A planning-leads service: filter projects, download the project and contact data, get email alerts.

PlanFalcon

A planning-led sales tool: applications and tenders ranked against your trade, with the reasons, a pipeline and outreach drafts.

Planning Pipe vs PlanFalcon, side by side

Planning Pipe compared with PlanFalcon
	Planning Pipe	PlanFalcon
Price	£44.95/month for up to 2 regions; £89.95/month nationwide with client and architect contacts; bespoke from £54.95/month on six-month packages	Free plan; Pro £29/month; Max £59/month
Try before you pay	10 free leads	Free plan, plus a 14-day trial of the paid features with no card
Contract	No long-term commitment on Regional and National	Monthly, cancel anytime; yearly saves two months
Planning applications	UK-wide, from extensions and self builds to large commercial schemes	UK planning authorities, checked daily, with householder and minor work scored down
Public tenders and contract awards	Not listed on their site	Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, in the same feed
Relevance scoring	Filters by sector, location, value and keyword	Each application scored against your services and scheme sizes, with the reasons shown
AI summaries and outreach drafts	Not listed on their site	Plain-English summaries; 40 outreach drafts a month on Pro, 200 on Max
Contact details	Client, developer and architect contacts (mail, phone, email) on the contacts tiers	Agent and applicant firms where public, with Companies House details and parent companies; not every lead has one
Site constraints	Not listed on their site	Flood zone, conservation area, listed building and more, from planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Delivery	Website download, email alerts, Excel/CSV or PDF files	Web app with a pipeline, email alerts and CSV export

Planning Pipe details are from their public website, checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.

Choose Planning Pipe if…

You sell to homeowners and small builders, so extensions, loft conversions and self builds are your market.
You want a downloadable list with client and architect phone numbers as the main product.
You prefer regular spreadsheet or PDF files to working in an app.

Choose PlanFalcon if…

You are a civils, groundworks, drainage or highways contractor, or supply them, and most planning applications are noise to you.
You want public tenders and contract awards next to planning applications rather than in another tool.
You want each lead to say why it matched, so you can decide in seconds whether to chase it.
You want to start free and pay less: PlanFalcon Pro is cheaper than Planning Pipe Regional.

The difference: a list of leads, or a shortlist

Planning Pipe advertises thousands of new projects a week. That volume is the point of a leads service, and the work of deciding which ones are worth a call stays with you.

PlanFalcon is built around that decision. It reads each application for the signals a contractor cares about, such as new roads, drainage, earthworks, plot numbers and site area. Then it ranks the application against the services and scheme sizes you told it about. A 40-home scheme with a new access road rises to the top for a highways firm. A rear extension does not.

Planning and procurement in one feed

Public-sector work does not go through the planning register in the same way. PlanFalcon pulls tender and contract award notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and scores them the same way, so a groundworks firm sees the school extension going out to tender beside the housing scheme that has just been submitted.

A contract award matters too. It tells you which main contractor won, which is often the right door to knock on for subcontract packages.

Where Planning Pipe is the better fit

If your customers are homeowners, Planning Pipe covers exactly the applications PlanFalcon deliberately scores down: extensions, loft conversions and single new builds. Its contacts tier is also built around giving you client and architect details for each project. PlanFalcon shows the agent and applicant firms where it can find them, but not on every lead. Both offer a free way to try them, so compare the same area side by side.

Questions

Is there an alternative to Planning Pipe?: Yes. PlanFalcon uses the same public UK planning registers, adds public tenders and contract awards, and ranks every application against your trade instead of leaving you to filter a list. Strukta, Glenigan and Barbour ABI are other options, at different prices and depths.
How much does Planning Pipe cost?: When we checked their site on 3 November 2026: £44.95 a month for up to two regions, £89.95 a month for nationwide coverage with client and architect contacts, and bespoke six-month packages from £54.95 a month. Check planningpipe.co.uk for current prices.
How much does PlanFalcon cost?: There is a free plan for one area. Pro is £29 a month and Max is £59 a month, both with a 14-day free trial and no card needed to start. Prices are published and you can cancel any month.
Does PlanFalcon include contact details?: Where they are public. PlanFalcon names the planning agent and applicant firm when the council publishes them, adds Companies House details and parent companies, and shows business phone and website details for the firm. It does not sell personal contact details for named individuals.
Is PlanFalcon good for extension and loft conversion leads?: Not really. PlanFalcon deliberately scores householder applications down because its users are contractors and suppliers working on larger schemes. If domestic work is your market, a householder-focused leads service is likely the better fit.

Compare them on your own patch

The fairest test is the same area in both tools for a week. PlanFalcon’s free plan lets you start without a card or a call.

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