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Your next drive-thru site could be on Searchland

Secure prime roadside sites 10 x faster

Quickly uncover ownership details, planning activity, and high-traffic hotspots across the UK - everything you need to identify prime retail park and drive-thru locations all in a single click.

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Frequently asked questions

How can Searchland help me find high-potential drive-thru plots?

You can use our AI Site Sourcing tool to filter by roadside adjacency, traffic thresholds, parcel size/frontage, nearby anchors and planning signals. Generate a shortlist in minutes, then deep dive each plot's ownership, planning and constraints.

How accurate is the data in Searchland?

We combine multiple trusted sources such as Land Registry, Rightmove, Census, OS & government websites and keep them regularly updated, then layer them into one interface. We also have a team of data experts who have carefully built elements in house, such as our AI tools.

Can I see who owns a potential drive-thru site and contact them?

Yes - Searchland surfaces direct ownership for parcels/buildings so you can approach freeholders or agents quickly, with planning and context to make the outreach credible. You can then send landowners letters directly using our built in direct to vendor letter sending tool.

What planning and use class checks should I do for drive-thrus?

Review use class (typically within class E) prior applications, conditions, lease expiries etc. Searchland links you straight to live planning portals and historic decisions, as well as giving you the ability to search through documents by keyword and set live alerts.

What results can I expect from using Searchland?

With everything in one place & available at the click of a button you can expect to yield greater results in record breaking speed. Our customers have streamlined their 3 day workflows to 10 minutes, or in other cases have managed to assess sites in 1 hour when it previously took weeks. But don't just take our word for it, read what our customers have to say here.

How frequently is data updated?

Our data is the most frequently updated compared to the rest of the market, but frequency can depend on the data source - when they update it, we do. Our planning data is updated every 24hrs which is the most up to date compared to other platforms.

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We start every demo with a quick discovery chat so we can understand how you source sites today and which parts of Searchland will actually help.

From there, we only walk you through the features and data layers that matter to you - nothing generic.

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