Greater Cambridge

Cambridge planning data

4,579 planning applications from Cambridge, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 13 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

4,579

Applications

Enforcement notices

3,343

Appeals

1962–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 4,579 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`	4,579	100.0%
`description`	4,579	100.0%
`reference`	4,579	100.0%
`ward`	4,457	97.3%
`application_type`	4,449	97.2%
`received_date`	4,447	97.1%
`status`	4,444	97.1%
`status_normalized`	4,444	97.1%
`agent_email`	4,432	96.8%
`case_officer`	4,429	96.7%
`officer_id`	4,429	96.7%
`alternative_reference`	4,384	95.7%
`applicant_name`	4,215	92.1%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	4,022	87.8%
`decision_level`	3,948	86.2%
`decision`	3,793	82.8%
`decision_date`	3,788	82.7%
`agent_id`	3,682	80.4%
`agent_name`	3,682	80.4%
`decision_normalized`	3,669	80.1%
`agent_company`	3,645	79.6%
`agent_phone`	3,581	78.2%
`appeal_decision`	2,899	63.3%
`standard_type`	2,850	62.2%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`property_id`	185	4.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	70	1.5%
`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=189&limit=5"

Council id for Cambridge is 189. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Cambridge data

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