A quick but big one. Plota now monitors 389 planning authorities across all four UK nations - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Getting here was the slow, unglamorous part of the job. Every council publishes its planning register differently - different software, different layouts, different quirks - and each one had to be checked, mapped, and verified individually before we'd switch it on. We held back any authority we couldn't collect cleanly rather than show you half a picture.
What it means for you: wherever you are in the UK, you can now search, browse the map, and set up alerts for your area. If you'd tried Plota before and your council wasn't there yet, it almost certainly is now.