East London

Barking and Dagenham planning data

5,325 planning applications from Barking and Dagenham, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 14 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,325

Applications

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Enforcement notices

1,074

Appeals

2023–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,325 records. This is what is actually filled in, not what the council's portal offers — ask get_council_fields for the same numbers from an MCP client.

Reliable — 90% or more of records

Field	Populated	Coverage
`address`	5,325	100.0%
`application_type`	5,325	100.0%
`description`	5,325	100.0%
`reference`	5,325	100.0%
`ward`	5,287	99.3%
`applicant_name`	5,213	97.9%
`case_officer`	5,213	97.9%
`officer_id`	5,213	97.9%
`received_date`	5,213	97.9%
`status`	5,210	97.8%
`status_normalized`	5,207	97.8%
`decision`	4,985	93.6%
`decision_normalized`	4,982	93.6%
`decision_date`	4,961	93.2%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	4,717	88.6%
`agent_id`	4,485	84.2%
`agent_name`	4,485	84.2%
`standard_type`	3,998	75.1%
`agent_company`	3,904	73.3%
`easting`	2,562	48.1%
`northing`	2,562	48.1%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`alternative_reference`	161	3.0%
`appeal_decision`	155	2.9%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	155	2.9%
`agent_email`	0	0.0%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`decision_level`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%
`property_id`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=127&limit=5"

Council id for Barking and Dagenham is 127. Full endpoint reference →

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