South London

Merton planning data

5,417 planning applications from Merton, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 13 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,417

Applications

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Enforcement notices

683

Appeals

2023–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,417 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`	5,417	100.0%
`reference`	5,417	100.0%
`application_type`	5,413	99.9%
`description`	5,412	99.9%
`ward`	5,406	99.8%
`applicant_name`	5,312	98.1%
`received_date`	5,314	98.1%
`status`	5,312	98.1%
`case_officer`	5,310	98.0%
`officer_id`	5,310	98.0%
`status_normalized`	5,278	97.4%
`decision_level`	5,091	94.0%
`decision`	5,011	92.5%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision_normalized`	4,802	88.6%
`postcode`	4,747	87.6%
`decision_date`	4,712	87.0%
`agent_id`	3,665	67.7%
`agent_name`	3,665	67.7%
`standard_type`	2,635	48.6%
`agent_company`	2,172	40.1%
`easting`	555	10.2%
`northing`	555	10.2%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`alternative_reference`	64	1.2%
`appeal_decision`	64	1.2%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	64	1.2%
`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=136&limit=5"

Council id for Merton is 136. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Merton data

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