What Blocktype does

Blocktype is a UK-based software company, founded in 2022 and headquartered in London, that operates a SaaS platform for residential development feasibility studies. The product uses machine learning and spatial analysis to help local authorities, property developers, and landowners assess what can realistically be built on a given land parcel before committing time, money, or resources. Core functionality includes automated constraint identification (flood zones, conservation areas, listed buildings), a drag-and-drop library of policy-compliant building types, real-time calculation of policy requirements such as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), parking, and play space, and early-stage cost and value indicators including Gross Development Value (GDV) and build cost estimates.

The platform is sold on a subscription basis through a consultative enterprise sales motion anchored by 'Book a Demo' and 'Send us a site to test' calls to action on the company website, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Target customers are UK local authorities (Wigan Council, Lambeth Council, Ealing Council, Transport for London), residential developers, and landowners, with additional named users in architecture and planning (We Made That) and major construction (Mace). The company holds RICS Tech Partner status, awarded by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2023, providing professional credibility and a referral channel into the UK surveying market. Blocktype is privately held (Blocktype Ltd.), reports a headcount of 1-10, and has raised approximately £315,000 in seed funding led by Fuel Ventures in June 2025, following an earlier Geovation investment in October 2022.

Name

Blocktype

Legal name

Blocktype Ltd.

Website

https://blocktype.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blocktype is a UK-based SaaS platform that uses machine learning and spatial analysis to help local authorities, developers, and landowners rapidly assess residential development site feasibility, constraints, and policy compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Planning Software

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Residential planning software
• Site feasibility analysis
• Planning constraint mapping
• Property viability appraisal
• Land development platform

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Blocktype operates as a SaaS platform providing access to its planning assessment tools on a subscription basis. The 'Book a Demo' and 'Send us a site to test' engagement model suggests enterprise licensing with demonstration and evaluation phases before purchase commitment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Blocktype provides a SaaS platform for residential feasibility studies that helps UK local authorities, developers, and landowners assess what can realistically fit on a land parcel. The platform uses machine learning and spatial analysis to identify planning constraints (e.g., flood zones, conservation areas, listed buildings), generate policy-compliant layout sketches via a drag-and-drop building type library, calculate real-time compliance metrics (CIL, parking, play space), and produce early cost and value indicators including GDV and build cost estimates. Customers access the platform via subscription after a consultative demo and site-testing engagement.

Product overview

Blocktype is a single unified residential planning platform designed for feasibility studies. The platform assists local authorities, developers, and landowners in assessing site development potential by utilizing machine learning and spatial analysis to identify constraints, browse policy-compliant building types, adjust unit mix, calculate early cost and value indicators (GDV), and generate reports for internal reviews.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blocktype Platform Unified SaaS platform for UK residential feasibility studies that uses machine learning and spatial analysis to identify site constraints (flood zones, conservation areas, listed buildings), enable drag-and-drop layout creation from a policy-compliant building type library, provide real-time policy compliance feedback (CIL, parking, play space), calculate early GDV and build cost estimates, and generate reports supporting internal reviews. Targeted at local authorities, residential developers, and landowners in the UK.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Blocktype holds RICS Tech Partner status, indicating formal recognition and alignment with professional surveying standards. This partnership provides credibility within the property and land surveying profession and likely facilitates referrals to RICS members.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Landmark Information Group: Landmark is a major UK provider of property, land, and environmental data, and the parent of LandInsight. Its scale, datasets, and relationships with UK local authorities make it a broad incumbent threatening Blocktype's niche.
• Arup Digital / Autodesk Forma: Autodesk Forma (formerly Spacemaker) is an early-stage site feasibility and generative design platform acquired by Autodesk. It targets a similar early-design feasibility workflow as Blocktype, with much larger institutional backing.
• Glenigan: Glenigan is a UK construction and property intelligence provider offering project leads, planning data, and analytics. It serves many of the same developer and council customers as Blocktype with broader portfolio capabilities.

Emerging players

• Aspyre: Aspyre is a UK proptech focused on planning and development workflows for councils and applicants. It overlaps with Blocktype on UK digital planning and could converge on residential feasibility.
• LandHawk: LandHawk is a UK site-finding and feasibility platform targeting land buyers, agents, and developers. It is a smaller emerging player competing with Blocktype on early-stage development assessment.
• Kurby: Kurby is a US-based AI property intelligence platform providing parcel-level insights for real estate investors. It is an emerging player in the AI-driven site analysis space adjacent to Blocktype's offering.

Direct peers

• Realyse: Realyse is a UK commercial and residential development analytics platform that uses data to assess site viability and pipeline opportunities. Its analytics-led approach to UK development feasibility is directly comparable to Blocktype.
• Searchland: Searchland is a UK property data platform aimed at developers and investors, combining off-market site listings with planning and ownership data. It overlaps with Blocktype on UK development site discovery and feasibility.
• LandInsight (Landmark Information Group): LandInsight is a UK platform that provides developers, agents, and architects with site discovery, planning constraint, and pipeline data. It is the closest direct competitor to Blocktype in the UK residential land intelligence space.

Others

• Ordnance Survey (OS Data Hub): Ordnance Survey is the UK's national mapping agency and supplies the foundational spatial datasets Blocktype uses. It is a key data infrastructure provider rather than a direct competitor, but its licensing terms shape Blocktype's unit economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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