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Canterbury planning data

8,511 planning applications from Canterbury, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 14 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

8,511

Applications

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Enforcement notices

677

Appeals

1987–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 8,511 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`	8,511	100.0%
`description`	8,511	100.0%
`reference`	8,511	100.0%
`status`	8,508	100.0%
`status_normalized`	8,508	100.0%
`application_type`	8,493	99.8%
`ward`	8,483	99.7%
`applicant_name`	8,291	97.4%
`postcode`	7,852	92.3%
`decision`	7,828	92.0%
`decision_date`	7,819	91.9%
`case_officer`	7,810	91.8%
`officer_id`	7,810	91.8%
`decision_normalized`	7,754	91.1%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision_level`	7,206	84.7%
`agent_id`	6,950	81.7%
`agent_name`	6,950	81.7%
`agent_company`	6,167	72.5%
`standard_type`	1,569	18.4%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`appeal_decision`	145	1.7%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	145	1.7%
`agent_email`	67	0.8%
`property_id`	63	0.7%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	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=192&limit=5"

Council id for Canterbury is 192. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Canterbury data

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