Northern Ireland

Belfast planning data

5,874 planning applications from Belfast, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 17 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,874

Applications

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Enforcement notices

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Appeals

2018–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,874 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`	5,874	100.0%
`application_type`	5,874	100.0%
`description`	5,874	100.0%
`easting`	5,874	100.0%
`northing`	5,874	100.0%
`received_date`	5,874	100.0%
`reference`	5,874	100.0%
`status`	5,874	100.0%
`status_normalized`	5,874	100.0%
`ward`	5,874	100.0%
`case_officer`	5,869	99.9%
`officer_id`	5,869	99.9%
`agent_id`	5,837	99.4%
`agent_name`	5,837	99.4%
`applicant_name`	5,753	97.9%
`alternative_reference`	5,551	94.5%
`postcode`	5,452	92.8%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_company`	5,093	86.7%
`agent_email`	5,088	86.6%
`decision`	4,919	83.7%
`decision_normalized`	4,918	83.7%
`decision_date`	4,807	81.8%
`standard_type`	3,331	56.7%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_phone`	142	2.4%
`property_id`	17	0.3%
`appeal_decision`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	0	0.0%
`decision_level`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=166&limit=5"

Council id for Belfast is 166. Full endpoint reference →

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