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Featured Placement

Featured placement

Listed as a key local contact in your section.

Who featured placement is for

Featured placement is intended for established businesses whose services support development, construction, or regulated property work.

Planning, design & compliance

  • Architects and designers
  • Planning and technical consultants
  • Engineers, surveyors, and assessors
  • Environmental and specialist advisors

Construction & regulated trades

  • Builders and developers
  • Groundworks, civil, and structural contractors
  • Mechanical, electrical, and energy services
  • Specialist regulated trades

Fit-out, finishes & completion

  • Interior contractors and installers
  • Kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, joinery, glazing
  • Security, access, and building systems
  • External works and landscaping

Property, infrastructure & support

  • Equipment and access hire
  • Waste, recycling, and site services
  • Insurance, finance, and professional support
  • Logistics and specialist services

Inclusion is based on relevance and suitability — this is not a general directory.

How featured businesses appear

1

Local handbooks

Included within relevant local authority handbooks.

2

Professional contacts

Presented clearly as professional contacts, not guidance.

3

Contextual placement

Positioned alongside related planning content.

What this placement is — and is not

This is

  • Curated placement based on relevance
  • Professional positioning within handbooks
  • Quality over quantity
  • Contextual visibility to planning applicants

This is not

  • A public directory open to all businesses
  • Promotional copy written as guidance
  • A volume-based advertising product
  • A guarantee of enquiries or outcomes

Broad sector coverage

Examples of sectors we work with include architects, planners, builders, engineers, surveyors, electricians, plumbers, drainage specialists, renewables installers, fit-out contractors, materials suppliers, and specialist services supporting development projects.

Featured placement is about relevance and positioning, not mass exposure.