30+ councils across England publish planning applications. Different portals, different formats, different update schedules. MetisOS scrapes them all, classifies every application by type and value, and puts the ones that matter in front of you — before your competitors find them on page 47 of a council website.
How we turn noise into intelligence.
We call it Civic Aggregation because "scraping planning portals at 5am" didn't test well with investors.
IDOX, Northgate, Ocella, Tascomi — every major council portal type in England. We run custom scrapers against each one daily, pulling every new and updated planning application into a single normalised format. No PDFs. No manual searching. No portal-hopping.
That's our way of saying we check 30+ council portals every morning so you don't have to.
"Erection of sgl stry rear ext" means nothing to a database. The MetisEngine™ reads every description, classifies it by project type, estimates the contract value, extracts agent details, and links parent permissions to child conditions. Automatically.
Translation: filtered to your patch, in your inbox, before your coffee.
Every application gets geocoded. Set your councils, project types, and minimum value — and only the leads that match land on your dashboard and in your 7am digest. Via Dashboard, Email, or API.
Today, MetisOS classifies and values every application using a rules engine — pattern matching on descriptions, reference formats, and construction keywords. It's fast, explainable, and covers the vast majority of cases.
Pattern matching on descriptions, reference formats, and construction keywords. "Erection of single storey rear extension" = Extension, ~£45k. Fast, explainable, running on every record.
Every application has a "Flag Data" button. When you correct a classification or valuation, that correction becomes a Golden Record — a verified, expert-labelled data point. We're building the training dataset.
The plan: layer ML on top of the rules engine, trained on real corrections from real professionals. We're not there yet. But when we are, the system won't just follow rules. It'll learn from you.
Public data is messy. Descriptions like "Erection of sgl stry rear ext" are meaningless to a database.
The MetisEngine™ is our classification and valuation layer. It reads every description, understands construction context, and turns council jargon into structured, filterable intelligence.
We estimate the construction value of every application by analysing keywords ("Double Storey", "Basement"), floor area, and location.
Parent permissions are automatically linked to child discharge of conditions applications — derived from application reference formats, no manual matching. The conditions tracker scrapes conditions directly from council decision notices, classifies each one as requiring formal discharge or compliance-only, extracts milestone triggers (Prior to Commencement, Before First Occupation), and tracks whether discharge applications have been submitted and resolved.
The Engine auto-tags projects into clear categories: Residential, Commercial, HMO, New Build. Precision filtering that legacy portals simply cannot offer.
Demolition of existing detached garage. Erection of a double storey side extension and rear dormer loft conversion including 3x high-efficiency rooflights.
Seven types of property professional. Each using the same data for a different edge.
When a homeowner gets planning permission for a loft conversion or extension, they haven't hired a builder yet. MetisOS alerts you within 24 hours. That's the window.
Not a data dump — a structured workflow. Rules engine, valuation, CRM, lifecycle tracking, and enterprise workspace. Each piece does one thing and does it without you thinking about it.
Stop searching manually on clunky government portals. Create set-and-forget rules filtered by keyword, project type, minimum contract value, and council area. One click tracks a specific architect or agent across their entire portfolio — automatically backfilling everything they've submitted in the past year.
Every planning application across your selected councils, scraped and classified before 7am. Cost estimates are pre-calculated so you can filter to projects above your minimum contract value without opening a single PDF.
Stop exporting to spreadsheets. Track leads, move them through stages, and add notes — all without leaving the platform. Plus one-click CSV export when you do need the data elsewhere.
Enterprise teams track live planning schemes through the full lifecycle — parent permissions, discharge of conditions applications, conditions tracker, team notes, and milestone triggers. One workspace per scheme, shared across the whole team.
My Leads — Built-in CRM
Five pipeline stages, private notes, automatic decision alerts, and a shared team view. Most users start using MetisOS for the leads. They stay because leaving would mean rebuilding their pipeline somewhere else.
New → Contacted → Quoted → Won → Pass. Update in one click on any device.
Attach context to each application — contact names, quote figures, follow-up dates — visible only to you.
Follow a specific architect across every monitored council. Every new submission from them lands straight in your feed.
Get notified the moment a saved pending application receives a planning decision.
Project Workspace — Enterprise
For consultancies and project teams already appointed on a scheme. The workspace links parent permissions to discharge of conditions applications automatically — no manual matching. Conditions scraped from decision notices, classified as requiring formal discharge or compliance-only, milestone triggers extracted.
Every pre-commencement and discharge condition surfaced from the decision notice. Status updated as CD applications move through the LPA.
Shared notes visible to the whole team, personal notes visible only to you. Per-condition notes with assignees. No email thread required.
The moment the LPA issues a decision on a discharge application, every workspace member is notified. Know before your client does.
Team Workspace · Per Seat
Multiple people chasing the same lead opportunities without a shared system is costing you contracts. MetisOS Team gives every seat full Professional access — and a unified pipeline your whole team can see and act on.
Every member sees the same saved leads. No double-contacting. No missed follow-ups.
Owner, Admin, and Member roles. Control who manages billing and who chases leads.
Set council monitoring rules at org level. Every member sees them alongside their personal rules.
Invite team members by email. They join in one click — no IT setup, no configuration.
MetisOS turns a 2-hour daily chore into a 5-minute glance.
The planning portal is public. The chaos is the barrier. MetisOS handles the chaos — whether you're hunting new work or tracking a live scheme through conditions discharge.
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