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England Planning Applications & Council Coverage

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Research English planning proposals by council, then use sales, energy and land records to build a better picture of the exact site.

Choose the register that handles the application

Our inventory includes 317 current English councils, including 21 county councils. District, unitary and London borough collections sit alongside county collections. County planning sources can contain minerals, waste or county schemes; a county feed does not establish that every householder application in its districts is collected.

Use the official postcode-based planning register finder to confirm which council holds the application. Some places retain former district registers after a reorganisation. The council name and application reference matter more than a nearby town name.

Start with a region, then narrow to a council

For urban project research, start with London borough guides or Greater Manchester. For a wider service area, explore the North West, Yorkshire, the North East, the Midlands, the South East or the East of England.

The guides are routes into research, not promises of complete regional coverage. The council directory below uses the latest published inventory. An awaiting-collection label means we have a configured target without a published planning collection.

Property evidence behind an English project

HMLR recorded sales and indicative freehold polygons are available across the England/Wales source area. English county councils use their physical district files for parcel coverage. EPC and company records add context when the identity is supported by an exact address, unit or official identifier. Source availability does not mean every planning application has a matched record.

Understand parcel polygons, check what sales history tells you and interpret EPC evidence. The House Price Index guide explains area-level market context.

England council collection status

317 current councils. Inventory checked 24 October 2026, 17:05 BST. Counts include collected history and do not imply full-register coverage.

England council coverage
CouncilPlanning collectionLand source context
AdurAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Amber Valley494 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Arun940 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
AshfieldAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Ashford1,247 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
BaberghAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Barking and Dagenham401 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Barnet1,596 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Barnsley357 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Basildon930 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Basingstoke and Deane1,229 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bassetlaw693 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bath and North East Somerset754 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bedford198 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bexley842 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Birmingham2,243 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Blaby604 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Blackburn with DarwenAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Blackpool590 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bolsover140 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bolton5,799 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
BostonAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1,441 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bracknell Forest656 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bradford145 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
BraintreeAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
BrecklandAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Brent1,655 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Brentwood866 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Brighton and HoveAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Bristol, City of220 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Broadland321 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bromley2,408 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
BromsgroveAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Broxbourne559 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Broxtowe364 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Buckinghamshire5,691 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Burnley448 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Bury3,325 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Calderdale1,207 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cambridge1,454 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cambridgeshire49 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Camden587 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cannock Chase119 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Canterbury1,159 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Castle Point378 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Central Bedfordshire799 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Charnwood403 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Chelmsford791 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cheltenham888 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cherwell943 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cheshire EastAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Cheshire West and Chester2,907 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Chesterfield462 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Chichester353 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Chorley1,162 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
City of London698 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Colchester376 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cornwall3,452 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cotswold1,358 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
County Durham3,416 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
CoventryAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Crawley388 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Croydon1,124 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Cumberland430 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Dacorum1,033 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Darlington333 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Dartford674 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Derby1,172 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Derbyshire72 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Derbyshire Dales37 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Devon19 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Doncaster489 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Dorset1,565 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Dover731 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Dudley829 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Ealing594 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Eastbourne92 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Cambridgeshire548 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Devon555 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East HampshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
East Hertfordshire1,342 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Eastleigh328 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Lindsey1,488 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Riding of Yorkshire3,132 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Staffordshire505 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East Suffolk1,122 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
East SussexAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Elmbridge925 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Enfield1,767 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Epping Forest1,133 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Epsom and Ewell713 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Erewash242 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Essex117 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Exeter693 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Fareham416 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Fenland454 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Folkestone and Hythe651 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Forest of Dean598 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Fylde683 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Gateshead664 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Gedling554 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Gloucester298 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
GloucestershireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Gosport235 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Gravesham681 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Great Yarmouth497 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Greenwich634 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Guildford1,883 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hackney952 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Halton1,491 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hammersmith and Fulham942 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
HampshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Harborough1,069 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Haringey1,420 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Harlow283 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Harrow818 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hart1,917 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hartlepool245 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hastings397 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Havant629 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Havering730 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Herefordshire, County of1,456 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hertfordshire11 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hertsmere1,177 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
High Peak349 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hillingdon704 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hinckley and BosworthAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Horsham763 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hounslow983 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Huntingdonshire1,457 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Hyndburn360 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Ipswich557 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Isle of Wight1,018 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Isles of Scilly42 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Islington1,036 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Kensington and Chelsea380 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Kent40 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
King's Lynn and West Norfolk999 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Kingston upon Hull, City of564 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Kingston upon Thames944 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Kirklees1,972 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Knowsley1,800 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lambeth1,287 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lancashire59 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lancaster1,283 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Leeds2,603 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Leicester1,096 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Leicestershire43 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lewes404 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lewisham700 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lichfield485 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lincoln328 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Lincolnshire36 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Liverpool7,534 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Luton608 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
MaidstoneAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Maldon578 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Malvern Hills801 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Manchester5,785 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Mansfield383 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Medway1,126 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Melton858 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Merton573 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Mid Devon673 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Middlesbrough393 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Mid SuffolkAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Mid Sussex635 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Milton Keynes748 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Mole Valley804 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Newark and Sherwood1,196 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Newcastle-under-Lyme264 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Newcastle upon Tyne39 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
New Forest508 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Newham881 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Norfolk58 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Devon554 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North East Derbyshire321 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North East LincolnshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
North Hertfordshire1,208 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Kesteven664 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North LincolnshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
North Norfolk1,477 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Northamptonshire1,033 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Somerset1,197 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Tyneside702 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Northumberland1,573 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Warwickshire414 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North West Leicestershire725 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
North Yorkshire1,761 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Norwich577 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Nottingham756 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Nottinghamshire28 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Nuneaton and BedworthAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Oadby and Wigston264 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Oldham3,596 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Oxford1,152 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Oxfordshire94 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Pendle734 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Peterborough787 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Plymouth811 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
PortsmouthAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Preston266 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Reading653 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Redbridge1,143 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Redcar and Cleveland430 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
RedditchAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Reigate and Banstead1,967 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Ribble Valley600 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Richmond upon Thames1,392 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rochdale3,878 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rochford423 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rossendale531 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
RotherAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
RotherhamAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Rugby320 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Runnymede369 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rushcliffe944 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rushmoor53 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Rutland643 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Salford5,104 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sandwell795 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sefton5,115 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sevenoaks1,164 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sheffield1,381 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Shropshire301 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Slough383 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Solihull1,180 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Somerset28 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Southampton878 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Cambridgeshire1,736 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South DerbyshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Southend-on-Sea757 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Gloucestershire1,609 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South HamsAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
South Holland654 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Kesteven831 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South NorfolkAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
South Oxfordshire1,843 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Ribble681 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Staffordshire597 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
South Tyneside414 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Southwark1,405 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Spelthorne601 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stafford684 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Staffordshire34 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Staffordshire Moorlands357 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
St Albans1,146 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stevenage311 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
St Helens3,432 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stockport10,531 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stockton-on-Tees672 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stoke-on-TrentAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Stratford-on-Avon880 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Stroud1,160 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Suffolk51 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sunderland1,155 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
SurreyAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Surrey Heath637 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Sutton728 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
SwaleAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Swindon666 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tameside3,303 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tamworth88 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tandridge434 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Teignbridge339 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Telford and Wrekin523 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tendring908 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Test Valley2,074 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tewkesbury353 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
ThanetAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Three Rivers953 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Thurrock440 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tonbridge and Malling1,068 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Torbay533 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
TorridgeAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Tower Hamlets410 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Trafford8,047 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Tunbridge Wells1,484 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Uttlesford1,331 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Vale of White Horse908 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wakefield1,101 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Walsall1,022 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Waltham Forest756 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wandsworth1,143 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
WarringtonAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Warwick1,186 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
WarwickshireAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Watford922 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Waverley595 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wealden1,758 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Welwyn Hatfield977 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Berkshire1,067 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West DevonAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
West Lancashire1,292 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Lindsey297 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Westminster3,587 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Westmorland and Furness1,078 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Northamptonshire1,515 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Oxfordshire1,150 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Suffolk1,070 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
West Sussex33 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wigan4,446 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wiltshire3,397 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Winchester1,869 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Windsor and Maidenhead1,414 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wirral3,574 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Woking536 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
WokinghamAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Wolverhampton834 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Worcester272 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Worcestershire13 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
WorthingAwaiting planning collectionValidated E/W polygon source
Wychavon1,403 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wyre905 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
Wyre Forest401 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source
York785 collected recordsValidated E/W polygon source

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