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Future land development
Review strategic planning signals, SHLAA activity, site allocations, draft plan context and nearby development proposals.
Planning intelligence for home buyers, solicitors and conveyancers
Check development risk before you commit. Know before you sign.
Oxlow Development Search helps solicitors and their clients understand the wider planning and neighbourhood context around a property, including strategic land signals, SHLAA activity, local plan allocations, five-year housing land supply pressure, constraints and nearby HMO indicators.
One missed search can become a costly surprise.
Our reports are designed to highlight longer-term planning and local area issues that a buyer may care about before they exchange contracts.
From £50per search, with product pricing editable in the client portal
2 core productsDevelopment Search and HMO Checker at launch
B2B2Cordered by solicitors and conveyancers on behalf of clients
Search-ledstructured analysis using Oxlow’s research workflow and subscribed resources
Why Oxlow
Beyond the obvious. True due diligence.
Standard conveyancing searches can show what is formally submitted or adopted. Oxlow adds context around what may be emerging: the plans, land signals and policy pressure that can reshape a location over time.
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Neighbourhood impact
Help clients understand whether future change could affect views, character, congestion, local resources or amenity.
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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.
Open portalWhat buyers ask before completion
Planning searches for risk, views, local pressure and HMO concerns.
Many buyers are not only asking whether a property is legally saleable. They want to know whether the outlook, amenity, traffic, local infrastructure and neighbourhood feel could change after they move in.
Oxlow is positioned as an additional conveyancing search for clients who want a clearer view of potential development risk before exchange of contracts.
Typical searches include development land near the property, local plan allocations, strategic housing land availability assessment sites, five-year housing supply pressure, planning applications, constraints and HMO indicators.