diff --git a/backend/app/config.py b/backend/app/config.py
index 22621972..764bddf5 100644
--- a/backend/app/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     HEAT_PREDICTIONS_BUCKET: str
     PLAN_TRIGGER_BUCKET: str
     EPC_AUTH_TOKEN: str
+    ORDNANCE_SURVEY_API_KEY: str
     DB_HOST: str
     DB_PASSWORD: str
     DB_USERNAME: str
diff --git a/backend/app/plan/router.py b/backend/app/plan/router.py
index 209bb2b9..233a18cb 100644
--- a/backend/app/plan/router.py
+++ b/backend/app/plan/router.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from epc_api.client import EpcClient
+from backend.SearchEpc import SearchEpc
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, OperationalError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ async def trigger_plan(body: PlanTriggerRequest):
             # TODO: implment validation. We should also standardise postcode and address in some fashion as
             #       a postcode of abcdef would be considered different to ABCDEF
             # TODO: Search for the property
+            epc_searcher = SearchEpc(
+                address1=config['address'],
+                postcode=config["postcode"],
+                auth_token=get_settings().EPC_AUTH_TOKEN,
+                os_api_key=get_settings().ORDNANCE_SURVEY_API_KEY
+            )
+            epc_searcher.find_property()
             # Create a record in db
             property_id, is_new = create_property(
                 session, portfolio_id=body.portfolio_id, address=config['address'], postcode=config['postcode']