Essex

Basildon planning data

4,988 planning applications from Basildon, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

4,988

Applications

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Enforcement notices

5,932

Appeals

2009–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 4,988 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`	4,988	100.0%
`application_type`	4,987	100.0%
`description`	4,988	100.0%
`received_date`	4,988	100.0%
`reference`	4,988	100.0%
`agent_email`	4,958	99.4%
`applicant_name`	4,921	98.7%
`case_officer`	4,879	97.8%
`officer_id`	4,879	97.8%
`ward`	4,740	95.0%
`decision`	4,637	93.0%
`decision_date`	4,632	92.9%
`agent_phone`	4,563	91.5%
`decision_normalized`	4,531	90.8%
`alternative_reference`	4,495	90.1%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision_level`	4,341	87.0%
`postcode`	4,159	83.4%
`agent_id`	4,089	82.0%
`agent_name`	4,089	82.0%
`agent_company`	3,658	73.3%
`status`	3,570	71.6%
`status_normalized`	3,570	71.6%
`standard_type`	1,895	38.0%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`property_id`	60	1.2%
`appeal_decision`	55	1.1%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	55	1.1%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=161&limit=5"

Council id for Basildon is 161. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Basildon data

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