Essex

Essex planning data

1,204 planning applications from Essex, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 14 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

1,204

Applications

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Enforcement notices

Appeals

2015–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 1,204 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`	1,204	100.0%
`application_type`	1,204	100.0%
`received_date`	1,204	100.0%
`reference`	1,204	100.0%
`agent_id`	1,203	99.9%
`agent_name`	1,203	99.9%
`case_officer`	1,203	99.9%
`description`	1,203	99.9%
`officer_id`	1,203	99.9%
`status`	1,202	99.8%
`status_normalized`	1,199	99.6%
`decision`	1,133	94.1%
`decision_date`	1,131	93.9%
`decision_normalized`	1,122	93.2%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`applicant_name`	1,064	88.4%
`postcode`	954	79.2%
`ward`	951	79.0%
`standard_type`	500	41.5%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_company`	10	0.8%
`agent_email`	6	0.5%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	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%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=255&limit=5"

Council id for Essex is 255. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Essex data

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