Somerset

Somerset planning data

122 planning applications from Somerset, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 8 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

122

Applications

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Enforcement notices

1,505

Appeals

2023–2026

Date range

Limited data for this council.

We hold only 122 applications here. Treat an absent record as "not published to us", never as "no such application".

Field coverage

Measured across all 122 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`	122	100.0%
`description`	122	100.0%
`reference`	122	100.0%
`status`	122	100.0%
`status_normalized`	122	100.0%
`agent_id`	118	96.7%
`agent_name`	118	96.7%
`applicant_name`	113	92.6%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision_date`	96	78.7%
`postcode`	92	75.4%
`ward`	92	75.4%
`decision_normalized`	74	60.7%
`agent_company`	13	10.7%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`agent_email`	9	7.4%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`alternative_reference`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	0	0.0%
`application_type`	0	0.0%
`case_officer`	0	0.0%
`decision`	0	0.0%
`decision_level`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_id`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%
`property_id`	0	0.0%
`received_date`	0	0.0%
`standard_type`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=400&limit=5"

Council id for Somerset is 400. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Somerset data

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