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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']
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']
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']
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]
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]
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]
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.