Refurbishment intelligence · London

Refurbishments are predictable. Here’s the machinery.

A refurbishment rarely announces itself — but the public record announces it for them. Signal watches three things most lead services never touch: planning applications at occupied buildings, energy-rating pressure on the spaces companies sit in, and the building-level chain reaction where one landlord’s consent displaces every tenant on the stack. Each is a refurbishment or relocation project in formation.

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771
London companies in market for a move, refit or refurbishment right now
40
scoring 80+ — moving imminently
382
lease expiries & breaks inside 18 months
155,131
London companies tracked
Live figures from Signal’s London office statistics · figures update weekly · computed 8 August 2026
Why pipelines run late

By the time it’s public, it’s priced.

One consent, many projects

When a whole-building planning consent lands at an occupied address — the 55 Baker Street class of application — every occupier on the stack has a decision coming: refit in place around the works, or move. Signal tracks buildings, not just companies, so one application surfaces every affected tenant as a lead.

MEES makes some refurbs mandatory

Offices rated below EPC B face the tightening MEES trajectory (C proposed for 2027, B for 2030). A poor rating on an occupied floor is not trivia — it is regulatory pressure toward works, renegotiation or relocation, and it sits in a public register.

Landlord works ≠ occupier works

A landlord’s Cat A strip-out and an occupier’s Cat B refit are different projects for different buyers. Signal distinguishes them — displacement-grade works at the building level versus occupier-side signals like lease renewals paired with refit-scale filings.

Where the leads come from

Public record in, scored shortlist out.

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Spot

HM Land Registry lease events, Companies House filings, local-authority planning, hiring and growth — read continuously across 155,131 London companies.

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Score

Every company is ranked 0–100 by how strong, recent and combined its signals are. 60+ is in market; 80+ is imminent. Scores re-run weekly.

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Act

Your dashboard opens on your patch: ranked companies, the why-now in one line, timing window, and a decision-maker to call.

We speak your language

Cat A, Cat B refit, MEES, EPC B trajectory, displacement, whole-building consent, dilapidations — refurbishment leads carry the planning reference, the rating and the building context.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How can office refurbishments be predicted from public data?+
Three registers do most of the work: planning applications (a refurbishment’s paper trail starts months before its hoarding goes up), the EPC register (sub-B ratings signal regulatory pressure to upgrade under MEES), and lease events (a renewal without a move often precedes a refit of the existing space). Signal reads all three weekly, resolves them to specific buildings, and scores every affected occupier.
What is a displacement-grade planning application?+
A consent large enough that occupiers cannot stay put through the works — whole-building refurbishment, structural alteration, major M&E replacement. Signal classifies planning applications by displacement grade, because a gutted building means every tenant on the stack is choosing between a funded move and a funded refit — each one a live project for someone.
Does an EPC rating really lead to work?+
Increasingly, yes. Minimum standards for letting already exclude F and G; the trajectory points to C in 2027 and B in 2030 (proposed). Landlords and occupiers in sub-B space face works either way — and the register showing exactly which buildings and floors are affected is public.
How is this different from construction lead reports?+
Lead reports tell you about projects that already exist as applications with named contractors — visible to every subscriber at once. Signal surfaces the stage before: the occupier whose building just got consent, whose rating fails the trajectory, whose renewal suggests a refit — before there is a project to report. Every claim carries its evidence: the planning reference, the rating, the register entry.
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