Inner London

Southwark planning data

4,382 planning applications from Southwark, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 4 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

4,382

Applications

108

Enforcement notices

884

Appeals

1979–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 4,382 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`	4,382	100.0%
`description`	4,382	100.0%
`reference`	4,382	100.0%
`ward`	3,999	91.3%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	3,893	88.8%
`application_type`	3,510	80.1%
`received_date`	3,509	80.1%
`agent_email`	3,505	80.0%
`case_officer`	3,501	79.9%
`officer_id`	3,501	79.9%
`status`	3,460	79.0%
`status_normalized`	3,451	78.8%
`applicant_name`	3,127	71.4%
`agent_id`	2,860	65.3%
`agent_name`	2,860	65.3%
`standard_type`	2,756	62.9%
`agent_company`	2,749	62.7%
`decision`	2,700	61.6%
`decision_date`	2,697	61.5%
`decision_normalized`	2,454	56.0%
`decision_level`	1,853	42.3%
`agent_phone`	1,699	38.8%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`property_id`	121	2.8%
`alternative_reference`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision`	0	0.0%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=119&limit=5"

Council id for Southwark is 119. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Southwark data

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