Planning application data, straight into a spreadsheet.

Search across UK planning applications, filter the records you need, and bulk-download a clean CSV for Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, or your own analysis. Every record is on Plota's public site, so you can inspect the data before you buy - then export it in bulk, no API integration needed.

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Bulk export - 5,000 rows a month Commercial use included Historic records from 2016

Plota · Export & alerts

Build your export

Choose the planning applications you want to analyse.

5,000rows left this month

Councils

Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark

Type of work

Decision

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applications match in the last 12 months - a live count from Plota's dataset. Preview counts before spending any export rows.

390+UK councils monitored

10M+planning applications held

Dailychecks of council portals

5kStarter export rows each month

No-code planning data

From hundreds of council portals to one clean export.

Plota does the collection, normalisation, and classification. You choose the slice of planning data you care about, see how many records match, then download it as a spreadsheet.

01 · SEARCH

Choose the area

Work across one council, several councils, a postcode, or a wider UK search instead of repeating the same work across separate planning registers.

02 · FILTER

Narrow the records

Filter by planning category, decision, date, keyword, and postcode so the spreadsheet starts with the applications relevant to your question.

03 · EXPORT

Download the CSV

See the matching count before you export, then open the file in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, Power BI, or your analysis workflow.

Try it now

Build the dataset before you download it.

This demo runs on Plota's live dataset: change the filters and the count and rows below update from real planning applications. The paid product adds the full download and every column.

Export & alerts

Live data, sample filters - the full builder has more of everything

Starter · 5,000 rows/month

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applications match these filters

Council	Reference	Address	Description	Category	Status	Submitted
Loading live applications…

These are live records from Plota's dataset, newest first. Full exports include every matching row, more columns, and source links back to each official council record.

Live data

Inside the file

The same columns, whichever council it came from.

Plota gives each application a consistent structure while keeping the council source alongside it. Fields vary where councils do not publish them, but the spreadsheet stays predictable.

reference application reference

authority planning authority

address site address

postcode postcode where published

description proposal text

category Plota work category

planning_route application route

status current status

date_received received date

date_decided decision date

lat / lng coordinates

council_url official source

Designed to leave Plota.

The point is to give you records you can take away: combine them with your own data, build a report, map them, or load them into the tools your team already uses.

Open directly in Excel, Google Sheets, and Numbers
Load into Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or a database
Keep the council source URL with each full record
Commercial use included - build it into products, reports, and client work

Useful without an integration

Use planning data for the job you already have.

A CSV export works whether you need a repeatable monthly dataset or a focused piece of research today.

Opportunity research

Find development activity

Pull new homes, commercial schemes, change-of-use applications, solar, telecoms, or other application types across the places your team cares about.

Market analysis

Measure planning activity

Compare application volumes, decisions, categories, and locations across councils, postcodes, or time periods in your own workbook or BI tool.

Business development

Build a focused prospect list

Use recent applications as a starting point for research, then enrich and qualify the records in your normal CRM and outreach workflow.

One-off research

Answer a specific question

Download the slice you need without building and maintaining an API integration just to complete a report, analysis, or client project.

CSV exports come with every paid plan.

Starter is enough for many practices, consultants, researchers, and local workflows. The same subscription also gives you API access if your use becomes more automated later.

Preview matching applications before using any export allowance.

Export up to 5,000 planning application rows each month, covering the last 12 months.

Use historic records from 2016 and paid-plan data commercially.

Move to Pro, Business, or Enterprise when your export volume grows.

Starter

Best place to start

£49/month

Priced by usage rather than seats: a practical entry point for downloading and using structured UK planning data.

Bulk CSV export - 5,000 rows each month
20,000 API requests each month
Historic planning records from 2016
Commercial use included
Pro planning alerts included

Start with a free account

Higher-volume plans are available, and automatic overage charges do not apply.

Included with Starter

Download what has happened. Get alerted to what happens next.

Starter also includes Plota Pro alerts. Turn the same kind of search into an ongoing monitor and receive new matching applications by email, without using your CSV export allowance.

Monitor selected councils or a wider UK search.

Use work categories, keywords, and postcode filters to keep matches focused.

Choose daily, weekly, or fortnightly delivery.

Keep exports for analysis and alerts for what changes next.

Get started free

Watching defined areas? If all you need is to monitor specific places - with category filters, drawn map areas, and non-commercial use - you may not need a Pro plan at all. Our free standard planning alerts cover that, with up to 10 saved areas.

One search, two useful outcomes

Now

Search the planning data

Choose councils, categories, keywords, postcodes, and other filters.

Export

Download current and historic matches

Create a CSV for analysis, reporting, prospecting, or your own database.

Alert

Watch for new matches

Keep the search running and receive relevant new applications by email as they appear.

Need the data to move automatically?

Every Starter subscription also includes the Plota API. Use CSV when a person needs the dataset, then switch to JSON, feeds, or webhooks when software needs it.

Explore the Planning API

CSV export FAQ

Straight answers about downloading the data.

How can I check the data before paying?

Plota's full dataset is public: search plota.co.uk, open any council, and read the very records you'd be exporting - each one links back to the official council source. When the data looks right for your question, the CSV is those same records in bulk.

Do I need a developer or an API integration?

The export builder is designed to be used directly in the Plota dashboard. Choose your filters, check the number of matching applications, and download the CSV. The API is there if you later want to automate the same data flow.

What counts as one export row?

One planning application in your downloaded file uses one export row. Starter includes 5,000 export rows each month, separate from its API request allowance.

Can I use the CSV in Excel, Google Sheets, or Power BI?

Yes. CSV is deliberately portable, so it can be opened directly in spreadsheet software or imported into BI tools, databases, and internal workflows.

How far back does the planning data go?

Search covers Plota's archive from 2016 on every paid plan. Bulk CSV export on Starter covers the last 12 months; Pro and above export the archive too. Deep Plota category classification applies to live data from 2026 onward, while older archive records use broader council application types.

Do Pro alerts use my export allowance?

Pro alerts are included with Starter and do not use CSV export rows. They are for monitoring future matching applications, while the export allowance is used when you download rows.

Can I use the data commercially?

Yes. Commercial use comes with every paid plan: put the data in your products, client reports, prospect lists, CRMs, and dashboards, and share what you build with it. Bulk export is included too - 5,000 rows a month on Starter, more on bigger plans. The API terms have the full details.

Get the planning applications you need, then take the data with you.

Create a free account to explore the dashboard, preview the export builder, and test the API. Downloading full CSVs unlocks on Starter: 5,000 rows a month from the last 12 months, Pro alerts, and commercial use.

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