Get new UK planning applications near any postcode as a weekly spreadsheet (no code)

Description and use

Retrieve new UK planning applications near any postcode as a weekly spreadsheet without coding, using Apify and PlanIt.

Problem

Builders, solar installers, architects, surveyors and local journalists need to monitor new planning applications, but each council publishes them on a different portal with varying search forms, layouts and export options.

Outcome

A lightweight, no-code solution that delivers a weekly, filtered list of new UK planning applications in a spreadsheet, costing pennies per run and requiring only a free Apify account.

Workflow

• Open the Apify Actor "UK Planning Applications Scraper" on apify.com
• Enter search parameters: keyword, postcode, radiusKm, recentDays, maxItems
• Run the Actor and export results as CSV, Excel, or JSON
• Enable "incremental" mode to skip previously retrieved applications
• Schedule the Actor to run weekly (e.g., every Monday 07:00)
• Integrate output with Google Sheets or email for notification

Evidence

Builders, solar installers, architects, surveyors and local journalists all watch the same thing: new planning applications.

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This guide shows how to get them into one spreadsheet, filtered by keyword and distance from a postcode, and how to set it up so that every week you only receive the applications you haven't seen yet.

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The Actor remembers what it already delivered for that same input and skips it next time, so you only pay for new rows.

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Pay per result, with no subscription to the Actor: $0.012 per application (about $12 per 1,000) plus a $0.003 start fee per run.

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