Trade Watch Alerts

Check your working area

Start with the places your business can serve well.

Relevant work starts with a practical working area. Trade Watch Alerts focuses on selected councils across the Thames Valley and Home Counties. It is not a nationwide feed, and a county label does not mean that every authority in that county is covered.

Check your working area in the app before subscribing. The list below is the configured council coverage used by the public-feed integration, not a promise that every source is available on every run.

37 configured councils

  • Basingstoke & Deane Borough CouncilBasingstoke and Deane, Hampshire
  • Bracknell Forest CouncilBracknell Forest, Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire CouncilBuckinghamshire
  • Cherwell District CouncilCherwell, Oxfordshire
  • East Hampshire District CouncilEast Hampshire, Hampshire
  • Elmbridge Borough CouncilElmbridge, Surrey
  • Epsom & Ewell Borough CouncilEpsom and Ewell, Surrey
  • Guildford Borough CouncilGuildford, Surrey
  • Hart District CouncilHart, Hampshire
  • London Borough of EalingEaling, London
  • London Borough of Hammersmith & FulhamHammersmith and Fulham, London
  • London Borough of HarrowHarrow, London
  • London Borough of HillingdonHillingdon, London
  • London Borough of HounslowHounslow, London
  • London Borough of MertonMerton, London
  • London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesRichmond upon Thames, London
  • London Borough of WandsworthWandsworth, London
  • Mole Valley District CouncilMole Valley, Surrey
  • Oxford City CouncilOxford, Oxfordshire
  • Reading Borough CouncilReading, Berkshire
  • Reigate & Banstead Borough CouncilReigate and Banstead, Surrey
  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesKingston upon Thames, London
  • Royal Borough of Windsor & MaidenheadWindsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire
  • Runnymede Borough CouncilRunnymede, Surrey
  • Slough Borough CouncilSlough, Berkshire
  • South Oxfordshire District CouncilSouth Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
  • Spelthorne Borough CouncilSpelthorne, Surrey
  • Surrey Heath Borough CouncilSurrey Heath, Surrey
  • Tandridge District CouncilTandridge, Surrey
  • Three Rivers District CouncilThree Rivers, Hertfordshire
  • Vale of White Horse District CouncilVale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
  • Waverley Borough CouncilWaverley, Surrey
  • West Berkshire CouncilWest Berkshire
  • West Oxfordshire District CouncilWest Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
  • Winchester City CouncilWinchester, Hampshire
  • Woking Borough CouncilWoking, Surrey
  • Wokingham Borough CouncilWokingham, Berkshire

Make coverage work for your business

Start with the councils you already know. Then consider neighbouring areas you would travel to for the right size of project. Include the time and cost of repeat site visits, not just the distance to the first meeting.

Check which planning authority handles the property. Council boundaries and postal town names do not always line up neatly. GOV.UK’s planning-register service can help you find the relevant local source.

Coverage is different from a successful refresh

A council appearing in the configured list does not prove that its source was available on a particular run. Likewise, an empty result should not automatically be interpreted as no building activity in that area. Consult the latest app information and snapshot date.

The website’s public preview uses broad council-area labels to avoid exposing precise project locations. Full details depend on your app access and the information available for each record.

Check before choosing a plan

Review current coverage in the app before purchasing, especially if one authority is essential to your decision. For questions, use our contact page.

Check the app for your area

Next: how to build a manageable project shortlist.