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How Maplify Works

From a single search, Maplify surfaces AI Co-Pilot insight, full Site Intelligence, 265+ official data layers and live planning applications — everything you need to assess a site with confidence.

Four Core Capabilities

Every search on Maplify brings together four core capabilities, each designed to remove a different part of manual due diligence.

AI Co-Pilot

Ask questions in plain English about any site and get answers grounded in its full intelligence profile — planning history, ownership, constraints and market context — right inside your dashboard.

Site Intelligence

Every site you search returns a live intelligence profile: planning designations, Land Registry ownership, flood and environmental risk, nearby planning applications and transport connectivity, in one pane.

265+ Data Layers

Toggle any combination of official UK data layers — Green Belt, flood zones, heritage, ecology, geology and infrastructure — directly connected to government APIs, never scraped or estimated.

Planning Application Finder

Search live and historic planning applications near any site, so you understand precedent, local authority appetite and cumulative impact before you commit.

Step by Step

Use Maplify like a professional — from your first search to a client-ready report.

1. Search any UK site

Use the search bar to find any UK location by postcode, address, OS grid reference, Land Registry title number or What3Words address. The map centres instantly at the right zoom level.

2. Choose your base map

Switch between 18 base map styles from the Basemap control — satellite and hybrid aerial imagery, LiDAR elevation, OS-quality planning maps, and more.

3. Activate 265+ data layers

Open the Layers panel to browse and enable any combination of official UK data layers by category, from Land Registry boundaries to flood risk and heritage designations.

4. Review Site Intelligence

Click any location to open its Site Intelligence profile — constraint data, ownership, nearby planning applications, transport links and market comparables, all in one place.

5. Ask the AI Co-Pilot

Chat with the AI Co-Pilot about the site you're viewing — ask it to summarise constraints, flag risks or compare planning history, drawing on the full intelligence data already gathered.

6. Draw & measure your site

Use the drawing tools to outline development sites, measure areas and distances, and create red-line boundaries ready for planning applications.

7. Export block plans & reports

Generate professional PDF block plans and AI-assisted site feasibility reports, complete with your project details, logo, scale bar and layer key.

8. Save sites & share maps

Save any site to your workspace pipeline and share deep links with colleagues that restore the exact same view, active layers and intelligence data.

Maplify vs. Traditional Property Research

Traditional desktop studies mean visiting dozens of portals and waiting days for results. Maplify replaces that with one live platform.

Traditional Desktop Study

  • Visit 10+ separate government websites
  • Download individual PDF maps
  • Manually overlay maps to find conflicts
  • Wait days for search results
  • Pay £200–500 per property search
  • Risk missing recent data updates

Maplify Real-Time Platform

  • Single interface for all 265+ data layers
  • Instant Site Intelligence profile per parcel
  • AI Co-Pilot answers questions on demand
  • Results in seconds, not days
  • Free tier, Pro plans from £29/month
  • Always up to date from source agencies

The Technology Behind the Platform

No third-party aggregation and no stale data — Maplify connects live to official government APIs at source.

WMS Services

Web Map Services from the Environment Agency, BGS and Natural England deliver raster tiles directly to your browser with OGC-compliant querying.

ESRI FeatureServers

ArcGIS REST FeatureServers from Historic England, ONS and Natural England return vector GeoJSON, enabling click interactions and spatial queries.

Planning Data API

Planning.data.gov.uk provides live planning constraints — Green Belt, Article 4 directions, brownfield land and more — via viewport-based queries.

INSPIRE Services

INSPIRE Directive compliant services from HM Land Registry provide standardised cadastral parcel data with title number lookup.

Ready to try it on a real site?

Open the map, search any UK postcode or address, and see Site Intelligence, AI Co-Pilot and 265+ data layers working together in seconds.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the AI Co-Pilot?

The AI Co-Pilot is a chat assistant inside your Maplify workspace that understands the full Site Intelligence profile of a site — planning history, ownership, constraints and market data — so you can ask questions and get grounded answers instead of digging through raw data yourself.

What does Site Intelligence show me?

Site Intelligence is the data pane that appears for any location you search: planning designations, Land Registry ownership and title data, flood and environmental risk, nearby planning applications, transport connectivity and market comparables.

How accurate is Maplify property data?

Every layer connects directly to official government APIs — HM Land Registry, Environment Agency, Natural England, Historic England and more — with no manual data entry or third-party aggregation.

How often is the data updated?

Updates are automatic when source agencies publish new data. Land Registry updates monthly, flood maps quarterly, and planning designations as soon as they are adopted.

Can I search live planning applications near a site?

Yes — the Planning Application Finder surfaces live and historic planning applications near any site so you can see precedent and cumulative impact before submitting your own.

Is there a free version?

Yes — the free tier includes access to all 265+ data layers with 5 searches per month, plus unlimited Planning Co-Pilot questions after sign-up. Professional users get 100 searches per month, AI feasibility reports and report exports from £29 per month.