Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire planning data

1,820 planning applications from Central Bedfordshire, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 11 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

1,820

Applications

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Enforcement notices

1,168

Appeals

2004–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 1,820 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
`reference`	1,820	100.0%
`address`	1,819	99.9%
`application_type`	1,819	99.9%
`case_officer`	1,818	99.9%
`description`	1,819	99.9%
`officer_id`	1,818	99.9%
`received_date`	1,819	99.9%
`status`	1,819	99.9%
`status_normalized`	1,812	99.6%
`decision`	1,707	93.8%
`decision_normalized`	1,691	92.9%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	1,620	89.0%
`ward`	1,596	87.7%
`agent_id`	1,525	83.8%
`agent_name`	1,525	83.8%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`appeal_decision`	52	2.9%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	52	2.9%
`decision_level`	5	0.3%
`agent_company`	0	0.0%
`agent_email`	0	0.0%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	0	0.0%
`applicant_name`	0	0.0%
`decision_date`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%
`property_id`	0	0.0%
`standard_type`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=81557&limit=5"

Council id for Central Bedfordshire is 81557. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Central Bedfordshire data

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