West Midlands

Sandwell planning data

5,142 planning applications from Sandwell, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,142

Applications

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Enforcement notices

403

Appeals

1989–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,142 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`	5,142	100.0%
`description`	5,142	100.0%
`reference`	5,142	100.0%
`ward`	5,136	99.9%
`application_type`	5,128	99.7%
`case_officer`	5,125	99.7%
`decision_level`	5,128	99.7%
`officer_id`	5,125	99.7%
`received_date`	5,126	99.7%
`agent_email`	5,092	99.0%
`decision`	4,939	96.1%
`decision_normalized`	4,939	96.1%
`decision_date`	4,934	96.0%
`applicant_name`	4,715	91.7%
`postcode`	4,646	90.4%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_phone`	4,613	89.7%
`agent_id`	4,251	82.7%
`agent_name`	4,251	82.7%
`status`	4,131	80.3%
`status_normalized`	4,131	80.3%
`alternative_reference`	3,689	71.7%
`agent_company`	3,542	68.9%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`standard_type`	144	2.8%
`appeal_decision`	87	1.7%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	87	1.7%
`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=80&limit=5"

Council id for Sandwell is 80. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Sandwell data

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