County Durham

County Durham planning data

13,688 planning applications from County Durham, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 8 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

13,688

Applications

Enforcement notices

6,998

Appeals

1900–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 13,688 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`	13,688	100.0%
`description`	13,687	100.0%
`received_date`	13,688	100.0%
`reference`	13,688	100.0%
`status`	13,665	99.8%
`status_normalized`	13,665	99.8%
`ward`	12,908	94.3%
`postcode`	12,818	93.6%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`application_type`	6,347	46.4%
`applicant_name`	6,026	44.0%
`decision_level`	5,833	42.6%
`case_officer`	5,776	42.2%
`officer_id`	5,776	42.2%
`decision`	5,518	40.3%
`decision_date`	5,520	40.3%
`decision_normalized`	5,460	39.9%
`agent_email`	5,434	39.7%
`agent_id`	4,515	33.0%
`agent_name`	4,515	33.0%
`alternative_reference`	4,496	32.8%
`agent_phone`	4,136	30.2%
`agent_company`	3,382	24.7%
`standard_type`	1,884	13.8%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`property_id`	84	0.6%
`appeal_decision`	56	0.4%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	56	0.4%
`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=63&limit=5"

Council id for County Durham is 63. Full endpoint reference →

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