UK Planning Applications Scraper — 15 Councils, Weekly Leads
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from $3.00 / 1,000 planning applications
UK Planning Applications Scraper — 15 Councils, Weekly Leads
New and decided UK planning applications (applications for planning permission) from 15 council portals in one clean dataset: reference, proposal, site address, status, dates and a link to each application. Weekly lists for trades leads, developers and land sourcing. $3 per 1,000 applications.
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New and decided UK planning applications (applications for planning permission) from 15 council portals in one clean dataset: reference, proposal, site address, status, dates and a link to each application. Weekly lists for trades leads, developers and land sourcing. $3 per 1,000 applications.
Track UK planning applications (applications for planning permission) across councils without visiting a dozen clunky portals. This planning applications scraper / planning data API returns each council's official weekly lists — newly validated applications (a proven lead source for builders, scaffolders, architects and trades: a validated application means building work may be coming) and fresh decisions (for developers, land sourcers and analysts) — from 15 councils in one clean, unified dataset. Every row links straight to the council's own application page.
What data does it return?
Every run outputs clean, schema-validated rows like these:
| council | reference | proposal | address | status | validatedDate | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| isle-of-wight | 26/00909/TW | T1; Ash - Dismantle to near ground level and replant with tree in keeping with the area… | Land Adjacent To 6 Withyfields Shalfleet Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4QA | Registered | Fri 03 Jul 2026 | https://publicaccess.iow.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=… |
| oxford | 26/01423/FUL | Erection of single storey rear extension and conversion of garage to habitable room | 12 Example Road Oxford OX4 1AB | Registered | Tue 30 Jun 2026 | https://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=… |
How much does it cost?
Transparent pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for what you get, and the actor always respects your run budget: set a maximum total charge and it stops cleanly at the cap instead of overrunning.
| Event | Price | Charged | Worked example |
|---|---|---|---|
application-result | $0.003 | per planning application | 1,000 applications = $3.00; a typical single-council week (≈25 applications) = $0.08 |
apify-actor-start | $0.00005 | per run per GB of memory (platform start fee) | One run at up to 1 GB = $0.00005 (charged as one event) |
Input options
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
councils | array | no | — | Which councils to fetch. Leave empty for all 15. Council coverage is listed in the README. |
weeksBack | integer | no | 1 | How many recent weekly lists to fetch per council (1 = the newest week). |
dateType | string | no | "validated" | 'validated' = newly accepted applications (lead generation). 'decided' = applications with fresh decisions. |
maxResults | integer | no | 500 | Stop after this many applications. You are charged per application: 1,000 = $3.00. If you set a run budget (max total charge), the actor automatically stays inside it. |
Limits & honest notes
- Covers 15 councils at launch (listed in the input dropdown) — all verified Idox portals; a portal that fails is flagged in the run log and exit message, never silently dropped.
- Each council's weekly list is read up to 20 result pages (about 200 applications at the portals' usual page size), which covers a normal week for most councils; an unusually busy week at a large council can be cut off at that point.
- Weekly-list data as published by each council: reference, proposal, site address, status, received/validated dates, deep link. Applicant and agent personal details are deliberately not collected.
- A council portal outage degrades that council only — the run reports it and continues with the rest.
- Weekly lists roll over on Mondays — early in the week the newest list can be nearly empty. Set weeksBack to 2 if you always want a full week of applications.
- Polite by design: ≤1 request/second per council portal.
- Respects your run budget: set a maximum total charge and the actor stops cleanly at the cap.
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Changelog
- 2026-07-05 — Initial release: 15 verified councils, validated + decided weekly lists, per-council failure isolation.
Built and maintained by ActorForge. Reliability first: every actor in the portfolio is monitored by an automated nightly self-test, and breakages are typically fixed the same day.
