Scotland

Highland planning data

3,025 planning applications from Highland, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 3 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

3,025

Applications

Enforcement notices

Appeals

2000–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 3,025 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`	3,025	100.0%
`description`	3,025	100.0%
`reference`	3,025	100.0%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`received_date`	2,080	68.8%
`status`	2,056	68.0%
`status_normalized`	2,056	68.0%
`ward`	1,679	55.5%
`postcode`	1,488	49.2%
`applicant_name`	862	28.5%
`application_type`	862	28.5%
`decision_level`	846	28.0%
`case_officer`	818	27.0%
`officer_id`	818	27.0%
`alternative_reference`	789	26.1%
`agent_id`	671	22.2%
`agent_name`	671	22.2%
`decision_normalized`	657	21.7%
`decision`	603	19.9%
`decision_date`	599	19.8%
`agent_email`	593	19.6%
`agent_phone`	471	15.6%
`standard_type`	348	11.5%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_company`	9	0.3%
`appeal_decision`	1	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	1	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=288&limit=5"

Council id for Highland is 288. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Highland data

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