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Blackburn planning data

3,366 planning applications from Blackburn, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

3,366
Applications
Enforcement notices
27
Appeals
2023–2026
Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 3,366 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

FieldPopulated Coverage
address 3,365 100.0%
case_officer 3,365 100.0%
officer_id 3,365 100.0%
reference 3,366 100.0%
status 3,365 100.0%
applicant_name 3,362 99.9%
application_type 3,364 99.9%
decision_level 3,364 99.9%
description 3,363 99.9%
status_normalized 3,364 99.9%
easting 3,314 98.5%
northing 3,314 98.5%
received_date 3,208 95.3%
decision 3,161 93.9%
decision_normalized 3,160 93.9%

Partial — use with care

FieldPopulated Coverage
postcode 3,012 89.5%
ward 2,991 88.9%
standard_type 2,897 86.1%
agent_id 2,707 80.4%
agent_name 2,707 80.4%

Rarely or never published

FieldPopulated Coverage
appeal_decision 27 0.8%
appeal_decision_normalized 27 0.8%
officer_recommendation 15 0.4%
property_id 2 0.1%
agent_company 0 0.0%
agent_email 0 0.0%
agent_phone 0 0.0%
alternative_reference 0 0.0%
decision_date 0 0.0%
development_type 0 0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=168&limit=5"

Council id for Blackburn is 168. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Blackburn data

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