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Sefton planning data

5,717 planning applications from Sefton, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 13 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,717

Applications

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Enforcement notices

7,013

Appeals

1999–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,717 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`	5,717	100.0%
`description`	5,717	100.0%
`reference`	5,717	100.0%
`application_type`	5,714	99.9%
`status`	5,702	99.7%
`status_normalized`	5,702	99.7%
`ward`	5,701	99.7%
`applicant_name`	5,606	98.1%
`case_officer`	5,518	96.5%
`officer_id`	5,518	96.5%
`decision`	5,354	93.7%
`decision_date`	5,348	93.5%
`decision_normalized`	5,335	93.3%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	5,121	89.6%
`agent_id`	4,620	80.8%
`agent_name`	4,620	80.8%
`standard_type`	4,446	77.8%
`agent_company`	4,120	72.1%
`decision_level`	2,394	41.9%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`appeal_decision`	72	1.3%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	72	1.3%
`agent_email`	58	1.0%
`property_id`	27	0.5%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%
`received_date`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=13&limit=5"

Council id for Sefton is 13. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Sefton data

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