Create an embeddable feed, map, search box, or application card using live data from 390 UK council planning registers. Pick an area, adjust the preview below, and copy the embed code into your website. Free, and no account needed.
Made for parish and town councils, local publishers, community websites, and property pages that want to show current planning applications without manual updates.
Parish and town councils use them to keep residents informed without updating anything by hand. Local news and community sites get a planning page that is never out of date. Property pages show what is changing nearby. Everything draws on the planning registers Plota checks daily, and every entry links back to the official council record.
The newest applications for a council, town, or village, updated daily. Covers the last 90 days by default, or up to a year for quieter areas. Meets WCAG 2.2 AA: see the Accessibility Conformance Report (PDF).
Build a feed →Recent applications plotted as pins on an interactive map. Each pin opens the full record.
Build a map →A compact search box. Visitors type a postcode, street, or reference and results open on Plota.
Build a search box →One application with its reference, address, status, and decision. Made for a news article, consultation page, or council update.
Build a card →A planning activity summary and a multi-application decision tracker are on the way.
No developer or API integration needed. The builder generates an iframe you can paste into WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, and most council website systems.
Pick a feed, map, search box, or single application, then choose any council, town, or village Plota covers.
Set the heading, date range, application types, theme, and height. The preview shows real applications as you work.
Paste it where the widget should appear. It updates itself from then on, and deleting it removes it completely.
The code is an iframe - a small window showing a Plota page inside yours. YouTube videos and Google Maps are embedded the same way. See MDN Web Docs for an independent description.
The widget cannot read or change anything else on your page. It runs no scripts on your site, shows no adverts, and sets no advertising or analytics cookies.
Delete the code and it is gone. Nothing is installed on your website and no account is created.
Yes. Every widget type is free to build and embed, and there is no account to create. Widgets carry a small Plota attribution.
Plota collects planning applications from 390 local authority planning registers across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The coverage page lists the councils included.
Plota checks council planning registers daily. New applications and decisions appear in your widget on the same day the council publishes them.
Yes. Paste the embed code into anything that accepts HTML: a WordPress custom HTML block, a Wix embed element, a Squarespace code block, or the equivalent in most council website systems.
No. Widgets set no advertising or analytics cookies and show no adverts. Like any web service, standard security logging applies when a browser loads one; details are in the privacy notice.
Yes. Feeds and maps can show all applications or a single type: new homes, extensions and home works, change of use, tree works, or listed buildings.
Yes. Widgets adapt to the width of the space they are given, and the layout stacks on small screens.
Nothing on your side. The widget points at Plota rather than at the council's website, so when a council moves or reworks its register Plota follows it and your embed code stays the same.