East London

Waltham Forest planning data

5,508 planning applications from Waltham Forest, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

5,508

Applications

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Enforcement notices

1,317

Appeals

2023–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 5,508 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`	5,508	100.0%
`application_type`	5,508	100.0%
`description`	5,508	100.0%
`reference`	5,508	100.0%
`ward`	5,506	100.0%
`applicant_name`	5,468	99.3%
`case_officer`	5,471	99.3%
`officer_id`	5,471	99.3%
`received_date`	5,472	99.3%
`status`	5,470	99.3%
`status_normalized`	5,356	97.2%
`decision_level`	5,216	94.7%
`postcode`	5,028	91.3%
`decision`	4,989	90.6%
`decision_date`	4,955	90.0%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`decision_normalized`	4,933	89.6%
`agent_id`	4,930	89.5%
`agent_name`	4,930	89.5%
`agent_company`	4,259	77.3%
`standard_type`	2,521	45.8%
`easting`	1,351	24.5%
`northing`	1,351	24.5%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`alternative_reference`	179	3.2%
`appeal_decision`	172	3.1%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	172	3.1%
`agent_email`	0	0.0%
`agent_phone`	0	0.0%
`development_type`	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=132&limit=5"

Council id for Waltham Forest is 132. Full endpoint reference →

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