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Cheshire

Chester planning data

803 planning applications from Chester, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 10 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

803
Applications
Enforcement notices
750
Appeals
2024–2026
Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 803 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 803 100.0%
description 803 100.0%
reference 803 100.0%
status 802 99.9%
status_normalized 802 99.9%
received_date 793 98.8%
ward 792 98.6%
applicant_name 750 93.4%
application_type 750 93.4%
standard_type 750 93.4%

Partial — use with care

FieldPopulated Coverage
postcode 664 82.7%
alternative_reference 651 81.1%
case_officer 562 70.0%
officer_id 562 70.0%
agent_email 530 66.0%
agent_id 530 66.0%
agent_name 530 66.0%
decision_date 447 55.7%
decision 424 52.8%
decision_normalized 405 50.4%
agent_company 296 36.9%
property_id 81 10.1%

Rarely or never published

FieldPopulated Coverage
appeal_decision 7 0.9%
appeal_decision_normalized 7 0.9%
agent_phone 0 0.0%
decision_level 0 0.0%
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=202&limit=5"

Council id for Chester is 202. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Chester data

500 requests a month, free. No card, no password.