Landstack’s features and tools
Landstack offers an intuitive platform for exploring and analysing land data with comprehensive, detailed insights. Our range of features ensures you have the tools you need to make informed, strategic decisions. Discover how our platform can help you unlock new land development opportunities.
Land planning applications
Landstack’s land information search tool gives you access to your very own planning application register, providing comprehensive data on planning applications across every authority in England, Wales and Scotland. Here’s what you can expect:
Comprehensive land coverage
Gone are the days of jumping from portal to portal. Access planning application data in one click.
Detailed Boundary Data
Instead of just points, our land development data tool provides boundary data for each application, allowing you to visualise and understand the scope of potential development.
AI-Powered Classification
Powered by our proprietary AI model, each planning application is classified in more detail than ever before, giving you deeper insights and more accurate data.
30+ Application Types
With over 30 different application types—ranging from Outline Applications to Householder Applications and everything in between—you can easily filter and explore the types that matter most to your projects.
New Use Class Filters
Our advanced Use Class filters let you search for applications like change of use, demolition, renovation, and more. For example, you can quickly search for applications involving office-to-residential conversions or other use changes.
Email Alerts
Stay informed with updates whenever changes to planning applications occur in your selected area. Whether it’s a new planning application or an update to an existing one, you’ll receive alerts via email to keep you in the loop.
Landstack makes planning application data easier to explore, understand, and use for better, more informed land development decisions.
Allocations
Visual Indicators
Allocations are displayed on the map with distinct outlines: pink for draft allocations (reflecting the preferred options or pre-submission stages) and green for adopted allocations (from the most recent adopted plan). These visual cues help users quickly assess each site’s potential based on the council’s evaluation, ensuring easy identification of the land’s status in the planning process.
Council Notes Integration
Each site includes notes from the Council’s Local Plan document, providing valuable insights into proposed uses.
Local plan policies
From Draft to Adopted, view and analyse local plan policies to better understand the planning context for your land development projects.
Detailed Notes
Access specific details for each local plan policy with a simple click. Just click on a policy in the map, and the relevant notes will appear, providing you with all the context you need.
Land policy Boundaries
View the exact boundaries of each planning policy area, so you can easily determine which parcels of land are impacted by a given policy.
Standardised Information Categories
All local plan policies are categorised consistently, making it easy to compare similar policies across different authorities. The more you use it, the clearer and more intuitive the system becomes.
Data Layered Map Loading
Navigating complex policy maps is simple with our new loading mechanism. Peel back and load specific layers to focus on the most relevant data for your project.
Adopted & Emerging Land Policies
Access both the current, adopted policies and emerging policies that could affect future developments, giving you a full view of what’s in place and what’s coming down the road.
Land Availability Assessment
Landstack’s Land Availability Assessment (LAA) feature offers a comprehensive and intuitive approach to understanding land development potential. Here’s how it works:
Visual Data Indicators
LAA sites are displayed on the map, with outlines reflecting the Council’s assessment: Positive (green) for land deemed suitable, available, and achievable for development, and Negative (red) for land considered unsuitable. These assessments provide a clear view of each site’s potential based on the Council’s evaluation.
Council Notes Integration
Each site includes notes from the Council’s LAA documents, providing valuable insights into assessment criteria and considerations affecting the land’s development viability.
Call for Sites Land Mapping
The initial stage of the LAA process, known as the ‘Call for Sites,’ is provided as well. This stage involves local authorities inviting landowners to submit land for potential development assessment.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Layer
Landstack’s BNG Layer simplifies habitat assessment across England, providing instant access to critical biodiversity data. Here’s what it offers:
Explore Habitats
Gain detailed insights into habitats like grasslands, wetlands, hedgerows and woodlands with a single click.
Key Habitat Details
Instantly view information on habitat type, distinctiveness, and size, helping you make informed decisions quickly.
Quick BNG Data Reports
Use the polygon tool to generate efficient reports, perfect for rapid Biodiversity Net Gain appraisals.
Residential Comparables
Landstack’s Residential Comparables Layer gives you unparalleled insights into house prices across your area of interest, with easy-to-use tools for both residential sales and rental data. Here’s what you can expect:
Extensive data coverage
Heat Map Tool
Visualize property values through a color-coded heat map—dark green represents high-value areas, while red indicates lower-value zones.
Data sources
Land Registry
Access comprehensive property data, including sale prices from Land Registry, updated regularly.
Powered by Rightmove:
- Listing Status: Current listing status, such as Sold Subject to Contract (SSTC) or actively on the market.
- Asking Price: The most recent advertised price.
- Number of Bedrooms: Bedroom count for each property.
- Rightmove Listing Link: Direct links to Rightmove listings for more details.
- Residential Rental Values: Heat maps showing PCM rental values, plus in-depth
- Rightmove rental property data.
Filterable & Exportable Data
Effortlessly filter data to focus on what you need and export it as an Excel spreadsheet for easy analysis.
Commercial Comparables
The Commercial Comparables feature on Landstack provides a comprehensive view of commercial property data, including sales, leases, and valuation information. Here’s what you can do with the updated land development search tool:
Sales Price Data
View recent commercial property sales in your area, with detailed information on the property type (e.g., office, industrial), sale price, and sale date. Clicking on a point provides specifics about the transaction.
Advertised Price (Rightmove Listings)
Access commercial properties listed for sale on Rightmove. You can see the asking price and directly visit the Rightmove listing for further details.
Lease Data
View commercial lease information sourced from Land Registry, including lease prices, lease term length, and remaining years on the lease. This helps in understanding long-term rental dynamics for commercial properties.
Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Data
Get detailed data on potential rental income for commercial properties, including the rateable value and commercial use classification (e.g., office, industrial). This helps evaluate the rent that could be generated from properties in the area.
Export & Filter Options
Use filters to narrow down your search and export the data to a spreadsheet for further analysis. You can also draw an area or circle on the map to export relevant data from that region.
Harness the power of cutting-edge technology with Landstack AI, designed to streamline and supercharge your land development workflows. Here’s what it can do:
Site Finder
Describe your ideal site—whether it’s for a commercial development or a garden village—and let Site Finder do the rest. It will source the perfect opportunities in seconds.
Site Appraisal
Generate detailed, bespoke reports on any parcel of land. The Site Appraisal tool evaluates access, land use, ownership, planning constraints, comparable information, and more—all at the click of a button.
AI-Powered Chat Bot
Get instant answers to your land-related questions. Want to know the value of a specific plot? Ask Landstack AI. It delivers accurate insights on any piece of land across Great Britain.
With Landstack AI, you can identify opportunities, analyse sites, and access critical insights faster than ever, empowering you to make smarter, more informed decisions.
Districts Page
Landstack’s Districts Page is a powerful tool designed to provide users with comprehensive insights into local planning data across England, Scotland, and Wales. Here’s what it offers:
Local Plan Visualisation
Access visual representations of each district’s local plan position, aiding in understanding the framework governing specific authorities.
Five-Year Housing Supply Figures
Identify areas with struggling housing supplies through clear visualisations of each district’s five-year housing supply data.
Dynamic Notifications
Utilise the ‘favourite’ feature to mark areas of interest and receive email updates on changes in local plans, joint spatial plans, housing delivery tests, five-year supply figures and more.
Direct Document Access
Seamlessly access essential documents, including Local Plan documents, land availability assessments, and adopted or draft neighbourhood plans for every authority in England.
Landstack’s Districts Page empowers developers, investors, agents, and planners to make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving planning landscape.
Green Belt Review Data
Landstack’s Green Belt Review Data provides a powerful tool to assess the performance and potential of Green Belt parcels across England. Here’s what makes it essential:
Comprehensive Digitisation
Green Belt review data for all areas has been digitised, offering nationwide coverage of assessments.
Clear Performance Ratings
Parcels are categorised as Weak (Green), Medium (Orange), or Strong (Red) based on their alignment with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) purposes.
Detailed Land Insights
- View individual parcel summaries, including scoring and how they meet specific Green Belt purposes.
- Understand council assessments for each parcel and their likelihood of Green Belt release.
Energy Infrastructure
Whether you’re looking for land near a substation or assessing energy capabilities for potential developments, the Energy Infrastructure Layer on our land information tool helps you quickly find and evaluate sites, making the process more efficient and data-driven.
Interactive Map of Energy Assets
View all power lines (from 6.6kV to 400kV), substations, power plants, and high-pressure gas plants, mapped from data provided directly by the Distribution Network Operator (DNO).
Detailed Substation Insights
Click on any substation to view specific details, including Capacity, Demand Headroom and more!
Site Finder
Use the site search tool to find land parcels within specific size ranges (e.g., 50-100 acres) that are in proximity to energy infrastructure.
My sites
The My Sites feature on Landstack allows you to manage and categorise your sites for efficient tracking and workflow. Here’s how it works:
Create Site Categories
Navigate to the settings and add custom categories for your sites, such as “Identified,” “Unidentified,” or “In Progress.” You can assign specific fill and outline colours to each category, making it easier to visually organize and track your sites.
Pipeline Management
Organize sites through various stages in your pipeline (e.g., “Identified,” “Under Review,” “Finalized”) to keep your workflow smooth and streamlined. If you have multiple licenses, any site categories you create or delete will sync across all users
Flexible Sorting & Filtering
Once your site categories are created, you can easily sort and filter your sites by district, category, tags, or even map locations. This allows for quick identification of the sites that meet your specific criteria.
Tagging System
In addition to categories, you can add multiple tags to each site (such as “Ready for Development,” “Requires Further Research”) and colour-code them for clarity.
Ownership
View Land Ownership Data
Easily access land title boundaries across England, Scotland and Wales. Review ownership by company, council, housing association or private ownership
Leasehold and Freehold Insights
View overlapping leaseholds and identify who owns them
Buy Title Documents
Purchase official Land Registry documents directly within Landstack to access charges,
Explore Corporate Ownership
Search by company or director to explore land and properties owned or leased by that company.
Neighbourhood Plans
Understand the planning context at a local level
See exactly where each Neighbourhood Plan applies. Clear mapping lets you identify which parcels of land fall within specific policy areas.
Instant land insight
Click on any policy area in the map to see detailed notes appear instantly. Get all the context you need without leaving the page.
Standardised categories
All policies are tagged with consistent categories, making it easy to compare plans across different settlements. You’ll also find a direct link to the full Neighbourhood Plan document for quick reference.
Made & emerging plans
Quickly see which settlements have a made plan—and which are in progress—so you can stay ahead of local planning changes.