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Plota/Notes

Notes

Occasional notes from the team on planning data and how it gets used.

31 August 2026

A few thoughts on how AI is changing how teams use planning data

Software got cheap to build. What that means for planning data, and for how we price and provide it.

Plota searches, maps, and tracks planning applications from 390 UK council portals, classified by type and updated daily. Free alerts watch the places you care about; Pro alerts, portfolio monitoring, CSV exports, and an API serve practices and multi-site businesses. More than 10 million applications, each linking back to the official council record.

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Plota searches, maps, and tracks planning applications from 390 UK council portals, classified by type and updated daily. Free alerts watch the places you care about; Pro alerts, portfolio monitoring, CSV exports, and an API serve practices and multi-site businesses. More than 10 million applications, each linking back to the official council record.

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