Planning intelligence for home buyers and advisers

Know before you sign. See the development risk others may overlook.

Oxlow Development Search helps solicitors and their clients understand the wider planning and neighbourhood context around a property - including strategic land signals, local plans, SHLAA activity, housing supply pressure, constraints and nearby HMO indicators.

Oxlow Development Search

One missed search can become a costly surprise.

Our reports are designed to highlight the longer-term planning issues a buyer may care about before they commit.

Client Login & Ordering
From £50per search, product pricing editable in the client portal
2 productsDevelopment Search and HMO Checker at launch
Solicitor-ledordered by conveyancers on behalf of clients
Specialist analysisdelivered through Oxlow’s research process and subscribed resources

Why Oxlow

Beyond the obvious. True due diligence.

Standard conveyancing searches can show what is formally submitted or adopted. Oxlow is built to add context around what may be emerging: the plans, land signals and policy pressure that can reshape a location over time.

01

Future land development

Review strategic planning signals, SHLAA activity, site allocations, draft plan context and nearby development proposals.

02

Neighbourhood impact

Help clients understand whether change could affect views, character, congestion, local resources or amenity.

03

HMO indicators

Order a separate HMO Checker where the client wants added awareness of local HMO presence and licensing/planning signals.

Search-led content

The right search saves regret.

Oxlow is designed for moments where the buyer needs a clearer answer than “there is no application immediately next door”. It connects the wider planning picture into a plain-English report that solicitors can order, track and share.

  • Housing targets and five-year land supply context.
  • SHLAA / call-for-sites signals and site allocations.
  • Local plan, draft plan and policy direction.
  • Constraints such as Green Belt, flood, heritage and environmental factors where relevant.
“Your dream home could come with a nightmare view.”

A strong solicitor-facing search offer helps clients make better-informed decisions while giving law firms a clear, value-adding extra service.

Products

Two core search products. Built to expand.

The order portal launches with Development Search and HMO Checker, while the product manager lets the superadmin add further paid search products later without redesigning the whole system.

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Development Search

Strategic planning, land supply, SHLAA, allocations, policy and nearby major planning context.

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HMO Checker

Local HMO indicators, licensing / planning context and additional neighbourhood awareness for cautious buyers.

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Future products

Superadmin product controls include name, price, description, active status and configurable order form fields.

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