PlanningLedger

ClaudeCommunityby Alpha Maven Ltd

PlanningLedger is building planning superintelligence: one mind that knows and understands everything about planning in the UK. Today it lets Claude check the planning history of a property, street or development site: look up planning applications and the documents councils published with them, search officer reports and decision notices, count approvals and refusals, find appeal decisions and read Local Plan policies, for councils across the UK. Ask in your own words: "What planning applications have there been near the Royal Pavilion in Brighton in the last five years?" "How has Wiltshire treated barn conversions to homes under Class Q prior approval recently?" "Find appeals for rear extensions in Leeds that were allowed in 2024." "What does Camden's Local Plan say about basements?" Use it before buying a property or a site, when planning an extension, a loft conversion, a change of use or new homes, when commenting on a neighbour's application, when preparing an appeal, or to see how a council decides. Results link to their sources, such as the council's or the appeals body's own copy, so you can check them. Quotes from application documents are short (at most 40 words) and say who wrote them: the officer, the council, the applicant or the inspector. Local Plan policies come in full. Each search says what it covered. Search across documents opens council by council and year by year as documents are indexed; a year not yet open is reported as not yet searchable, never as no results. It is for planning consultants, architects, developers, surveyors, solicitors, councillors, journalists, homeowners and anyone preparing or commenting on an application. Every tool only reads. You sign in with your email address and a six-digit code we email you. A free daily allowance covers 20 document searches, 100 quotes and other lookups, up to 300 calls a day. PlanningLedger is run by Alpha Maven Ltd, in the UK.