Build planning search, alerts, CRMs, GIS layers, and property tools without maintaining hundreds of council integrations. Search by location, keyword, council, status, or date. Free to start.
A clean data layer for teams who need planning applications in their own product, workflow, or database.
Every application includes source metadata, first seen, last seen, council, decision date, and the last time that council was checked.
Find every application within 1km of a postcode or lat/lng using PostGIS. Build mapping tools, property alerts, and site intelligence.
Get HTTP callbacks when a new application appears or a decision changes. Filter by council, postcode prefix, status, keyword, or application type.
Search descriptions, addresses, and references simultaneously using PostgreSQL GIN indexes. Fast and accurate across millions of records.
Public coverage stats show active councils, indexed applications, and stale councils over a 72-hour freshness window.
Clean JSON API, consistent pagination, meaningful error messages, no XML. Get a key in seconds and integrate without a sales call.
Every endpoint follows the same pattern. Filters go in query params, auth goes in a header, results always come back as { data: [], meta: {} }.
{ "data": [ { "id": "8f6fac3a-d93a-453e-b5db-6c5ecc631bf0", "councilId": "adu", "reference": "AWDM/0158/25", "address": "30 Connaught Avenue, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5WJ", "postcode": "BN43 5WJ", "lat": 50.837249, "lng": -0.280636, "description": "Single storey rear extension, conservatory removed", "status": "Approved", "decision": "Approve", "decisionDate": "2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z", "url": "http://planning.adur-worthing.gov.uk/...", "council": { "name": "Adur & Worthing Councils" }, "source": { "label": "Council planning portal" }, "freshness": { "status": "fresh", "ageHours": 4.2 } } ], "meta": { "total": 442, "page": 1, "limit": 2, "pages": 221 } }
Start free, use Lite for light monitoring, then move to Starter or Growth when PlanWire becomes part of a product or workflow.
Enterprise usage is uncapped by day and managed with fair-use burst limits and platform safeguards.
Paid API plans include a 7-day trial. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel before the trial ends if the fit is not right.
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| Feature | PlanWire | Glenigan | Barbour ABI | PlanningHub |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REST API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Spatial search | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-serve signup | ✓ | Sales call | Sales call | Sales call |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Public pricing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| UK council coverage | All UK | ~300 | ~300 | England only |
| Starting price | £0/mo | £3,000/yr | £5,000/yr | £500/yr |
Push new applications, decisions, and source links into a CRM so sales or research teams can work from fresh planning signals.
Monitor keywords like extension, solar, insulation, roof, EV charger, or change of use and turn new applications into local lead lists.
Overlay current and historic planning records on internal maps using coordinates, postcode filters, council IDs, and source URLs.
Create saved watches around addresses, postcodes, councils, or keywords and receive signed webhook events when matching records appear.
Monitor client sites, competitor applications, nearby objections, decision status, and council behaviour from one consistent API.
Show nearby applications on listings, appraisal reports, investment tools, and site review workflows with source and freshness attached.
100 requests/day, no credit card, no sales call. Takes 15 seconds.
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