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PlanningAlerts.com API

Planning application data is available programmatically as GeoRSS feeds which can be used in most web mapping APIs and desktop GIS software like mapufacture and Yahoo Pipes. Details of the API are listed below.

Just want the raw data instead? You can download it here. (gzipped mysql database dump with all user information removed).

API documentation

Single Location by postcode

Return applications near a given postcode. The area included is a square either 400m (s), 800m (m) or 4000m (l) with the postcode at it's center.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=postcode
&postcode=[some postcode]&area_size=['s' 'm' or 'l']

view example view on a map

Single Location by longitude/latitude

Return applications near a given longitude/latitude. The area included is a square either 400m (s), 800m (m) or 4000m (l) with the longitude/latitude at it's center.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=point
&lat=[some latitude]&lng=[some longitude]area_size=['s' 'm' or 'l']

view example view on a map

Single Location by OSGB

Return applications near a given longitude/latitude. The area included is a square either 400m (s), 800m (m) or 4000m (l) with the OSGB point at it's center.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=pointos
&easting=[some easting]&northing=[some northing]area_size=['s' 'm' or 'l']

view example view on a map

Area by longitude/latitude

Return applications within a rectangle defined by longitude/latitude.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=area
&bottom_left_lat=[some latitude]&bottom_left_lng=[some longitude]&top_right_lat=[some latitude]&top_right_lng=[some longitude]

view example view on a map

Area by OSGB

Return applications within a rectangle defined by OSGB coordinates.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=areaos
&bottom_left_easting=[some easting]&bottom_left_northing=[some northing]&top_right_easting=[some easting]&top_right_northing=[some northing]

view example view on a map

Planning authority

Return applications for a specific planning authority (e.g. a local council) by authority short name.

http://www.planningalerts.com/api.php?call=authority
&authority=[some name]

view example view on a map

License information

A copy of the Planning Alerts database is made available under the Open Database License. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License. Data via the api is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license.

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