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Edinburgh planning data

11,808 planning applications from Edinburgh, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 3 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

11,808
Applications
246
Enforcement notices
2,264
Appeals
1990–2026
Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 11,808 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 11,808 100.0%
description 11,808 100.0%
reference 11,808 100.0%

Partial — use with care

FieldPopulated Coverage
postcode 10,593 89.7%
ward 9,906 83.9%
application_type 5,795 49.1%
applicant_name 5,787 49.0%
decision_level 5,790 49.0%
status 5,721 48.5%
case_officer 5,486 46.5%
officer_id 5,486 46.5%
status_normalized 5,212 44.1%
decision 4,941 41.8%
decision_date 4,940 41.8%
agent_id 4,899 41.5%
agent_name 4,899 41.5%
agent_phone 4,545 38.5%
agent_email 4,509 38.2%
decision_normalized 4,128 35.0%
appeal_decision 2,080 17.6%
standard_type 1,931 16.4%
agent_company 1,652 14.0%

Rarely or never published

FieldPopulated Coverage
property_id 201 1.7%
appeal_decision_normalized 166 1.4%
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=146&limit=5"

Council id for Edinburgh is 146. Full endpoint reference →

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