Merseyside

Liverpool planning data

5,536 planning applications from Liverpool, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 12 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,536

Applications

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Enforcement notices

1,188

Appeals

2023–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,536 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`	5,536	100.0%
`application_type`	5,536	100.0%
`description`	5,536	100.0%
`reference`	5,536	100.0%
`ward`	5,530	99.9%
`received_date`	5,392	97.4%
`postcode`	5,381	97.2%
`status`	5,381	97.2%
`case_officer`	5,377	97.1%
`officer_id`	5,377	97.1%
`applicant_name`	5,351	96.7%
`status_normalized`	5,321	96.1%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision`	4,876	88.1%
`decision_date`	4,839	87.4%
`decision_normalized`	4,837	87.4%
`decision_level`	4,653	84.0%
`agent_id`	4,282	77.3%
`agent_name`	4,282	77.3%
`agent_company`	3,737	67.5%
`standard_type`	3,340	60.3%
`easting`	1,465	26.5%
`northing`	1,465	26.5%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`alternative_reference`	220	4.0%
`appeal_decision`	202	3.6%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	202	3.6%
`agent_email`	0	0.0%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	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=12&limit=5"

Council id for Liverpool is 12. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Liverpool data

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