Essex

Colchester planning data

6,767 planning applications from Colchester, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 12 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

6,767

Applications

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Enforcement notices

797

Appeals

2021–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 6,767 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`	6,767	100.0%
`application_type`	6,767	100.0%
`case_officer`	6,767	100.0%
`description`	6,767	100.0%
`officer_id`	6,767	100.0%
`reference`	6,767	100.0%
`status`	6,767	100.0%
`status_normalized`	6,767	100.0%
`received_date`	6,760	99.9%
`ward`	6,755	99.8%
`applicant_name`	6,632	98.0%
`postcode`	6,128	90.6%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_id`	5,535	81.8%
`agent_name`	5,535	81.8%
`decision`	5,433	80.3%
`decision_date`	5,432	80.3%
`decision_normalized`	5,429	80.2%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`appeal_decision`	195	2.9%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	195	2.9%
`agent_company`	0	0.0%
`agent_email`	0	0.0%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	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%
`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=81569&limit=5"

Council id for Colchester is 81569. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Colchester data

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