Used for testing uk_planning_scraper Ruby gem in the Morph environment
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  1. # Scrape planning applications for a single council/authority
  2. 1. Fork this repo to your own GitHub account.
  3. 2. Sign in to [Morph](https://morph.io) with your GitHub account.
  4. 3. Create a [new scraper](https://morph.io/scrapers/new) on Morph.
  5. 4. Choose your forked repo (`single_authority_planning_applications`) as the scraper code.
  6. 5. In the Settings page for your scraper on Morph, create two `Secret environment variables`:
  7. 6. Set `MORPH_AUTHORITY_NAME` to the name of your council, eg `Hackney`.
  8. 7. Set `MORPH_DAYS` to the number of recent days you want to scrape, eg `7`.
  9. 8. Run the scraper.
  10. 9. Use the [Morph API](https://morph.io/documentation/api) to grab your scraped data or download CSV/SQLite files straight from your scraper page. You must be signed in to do that.
  11. 10. On your scraper's Settings page, tick the `Auto run` box to make your scraper run once per day.
  12. This project is powered by the [UK Planning Scraper](https://github.com/adrianshort/uk_planning_scraper) Ruby gem.