New Tool: Proximity Filters
Run proximity filters across 45+ datasets to find sites within range of the transport, infrastructure, education and care assets that matter to your project.
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Sourcing a site in an area you don't know well means starting from zero on local context - how far it is from a substation, a train station, a good school, the nearest care home. Pulling that together from separate sources, one amenity at a time, is slow, and by the time you've checked everything that matters for a single site, the good ones have gone.
Searchland's proximity filters solve this by running the distance calculation for you. Search "distance to nearest" against any dataset on the platform, and every title within range surfaces automatically - no manual measuring, no switching tools.
What are proximity filters?
Proximity filters let you search by distance to nearest, rather than by the amenity itself. Instead of finding schools and then checking which sites happen to sit nearby, you search directly for "sites within 500m of an Outstanding-rated school" - or a substation, a motorway, an HMO, or any of the 45+ other datasets covered. Like every filter in the Sourcing tool, they layer and combine, so several location criteria can be stacked into a single search.
Proximity filters on Searchland
There are proximity filters across six themes:
- Transport & mobility - bus stops, train stations, rapid transit stops, EV chargepoints
- Roads - motorways, A roads, B roads, minor roads
- Energy & grid infrastructure - substations (including headroom rating: red, amber or green), towers, power lines by voltage, and National Grid assets specifically
- Health & care - GPs, hospitals, pharmacies, opticians, dentists, clinics, and care homes, filterable down to Ofsted-equivalent rating
- Education - schools, filterable by Ofsted rating from Outstanding to Inadequate
- Housing & planning context - HMOs, residential addresses, built-up areas and adopted settlement boundaries
Why proximity filters matter for site sourcing
- Renewable energy developers assessing land for solar or wind need it near a substation with spare capacity - filtering by distance to nearest green-rated substation narrows a national search to a shortlist in minutes.
- Housing developers and land agents can rule sites in or out based on distance to an Outstanding or Good-rated school, a GP surgery, or a public transport link - the local context buyers and planning committees care about.
- HMO investors and social housing providers can check proximity to existing HMOs, care homes, or social care facilities as part of due diligence.
- Planning consultants can use distance to the adopted settlement boundary as an early read on planning risk, before committing time to a full appraisal.
Proximity filters draw on the same underlying datasets covered elsewhere on Searchland - see how they connect with Energy, DNO & EV data, local amenities, HMO data and planning constraints.
Proximity filters are a Standard feature - see how it fits your plan on pricing, or book a demo to see it live.
