Tyne and Wear

Sunderland planning data

3,494 planning applications from Sunderland, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 3 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

3,494

Applications

Enforcement notices

268

Appeals

2025–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 3,494 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`	3,494	100.0%
`description`	3,494	100.0%
`reference`	3,494	100.0%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`postcode`	2,462	70.5%
`ward`	1,783	51.0%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`application_type`	215	6.2%
`case_officer`	215	6.2%
`officer_id`	215	6.2%
`received_date`	215	6.2%
`applicant_name`	214	6.1%
`standard_type`	213	6.1%
`decision_date`	185	5.3%
`alternative_reference`	178	5.1%
`agent_id`	163	4.7%
`agent_name`	163	4.7%
`decision`	140	4.0%
`decision_normalized`	135	3.9%
`status`	136	3.9%
`status_normalized`	136	3.9%
`agent_company`	103	2.9%
`agent_email`	6	0.2%
`agent_phone`	4	0.1%
`appeal_decision`	2	0.1%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	2	0.1%
`decision_level`	5	0.1%
`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=62&limit=5"

Council id for Sunderland is 62. Full endpoint reference →

Get a key for Sunderland data

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