Essex

Brentwood planning data

5,544 planning applications from Brentwood, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,544

Applications

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Enforcement notices

805

Appeals

1989–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,544 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`	5,544	100.0%
`application_type`	5,543	100.0%
`description`	5,544	100.0%
`reference`	5,544	100.0%
`ward`	5,538	99.9%
`status`	5,513	99.4%
`status_normalized`	5,513	99.4%
`applicant_name`	5,374	96.9%
`agent_email`	5,365	96.8%
`decision`	5,285	95.3%
`decision_date`	5,284	95.3%
`decision_normalized`	5,255	94.8%
`case_officer`	5,188	93.6%
`officer_id`	5,188	93.6%
`agent_phone`	5,185	93.5%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`alternative_reference`	4,895	88.3%
`postcode`	4,844	87.4%
`decision_level`	4,805	86.7%
`agent_id`	4,518	81.5%
`agent_name`	4,518	81.5%
`agent_company`	4,111	74.2%
`standard_type`	1,875	33.8%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`property_id`	16	0.3%
`appeal_decision`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%
`received_date`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=176&limit=5"

Council id for Brentwood is 176. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Brentwood data

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