Category: Insights

Top 20 UK Planning Application Hotspots for 2025
Top 20 UK planning applications in 2025 ranked by value – Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Wembley, and more shaping housing, regeneration, and development trends.

Unlocking Opportunities in the UK Construction and Planning Sector
The UK construction and planning ecosystem is more vibrant—and more competitive—than ever. Behind every major development, a complex network of companies and professionals shapes everything from city skylines to rural infrastructure.

5 Reasons Why Doorda AI Makes Planning Application Data Work Harder
If you’ve ever wrestled with planning applications, you’ll know the data is there — but finding the story in it is another matter.

Understanding the Limits of Flood Re’s Property Tax Band Data
In the world of insurance, access to accurate, property-level data is crucial — not just for risk assessment but increasingly for building richer, more predictive models.

Council Tax Bands: A Hidden Asset for Business Intelligence
For many, council tax bands are just part of a household bill. But for businesses and analysts, they represent something much more valuable…

Locking Down MoT risks: The Power of Location & Operator Data
Our new licensed MoT garages dataset isn’t just a list of garages—it’s an intelligence opportunity.

£1.8m in claims a day! The Role of Hard Water and Its Impact on Properties
Water escape, or “escape of water,” remains a persistent challenge in the UK, causing significant damage to properties and leading to costly claims for insurers and underwriters.

Top 20 UK Commercial Property Owners by Physical Footprint (2025)
Top 20 UK Property Owners by Floor Space 2025 | Amazon Leads

Top 20 Commercial Property Owners in the UK by Rateable Value 2025
Discover the top 20 UK commercial property occupants in 2025. Data from Doorda shows supermarkets like Tesco, Lidl & Aldi dominate by rateable value.

Address Insights Reimagined
In today’s dynamic business environment, particularly within the retail, real estate, and service sectors, leveraging precise location data has become indispensable.

Comparable Areas, OA or LSOA?
Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) fit within Local Authority boundaries and Output Areas (OA) fit within an LSOA. These were originally developed as part of the census to allow for comparison across different parts of the country.

Smoking rates across the UK
Whilst smoking rates are trending downwards nationally there are still pockets where smoking greatly exceeds expected averages. In 2018, 14.7% of people aged 18 years and above smoked cigarettes.

Your biological age can go into reverse
Biological age refers to how old your body seems, based on various physical and functional markers, rather than just counting the years you’ve been alive.

Life expectancy, who wants to live forever?
Life expectancy is a statistical measure that estimates the average number of years a person is expected to live based on various factors such as their birth year, gender, and the overall health and living conditions of a population.

Identify the best locations for new stores using data
Data is a cornerstone of effective location analysis, providing critical insights for businesses aiming to make informed decisions about where to establish their presence.