PlanWire — UK Planning Data
UK planning application data for AI agents.
What it can do
- Search Planning Applications: Search UK planning applications by keyword, council, postcode, status, type, or date range. Returns matching applications with address, description, reference, status, an
- Nearby Planning Applications: Find planning applications within a radius of a point (latitude/longitude). Use for 'what's been applied for near this location'.
- Get Planning Application: Fetch a single planning application by its PlanWire id.
What data it sees
Do you need an account
An API key from the service settings is required
UK planning application data for AI agents. Search, geo-query and inspect 15.3M planning applications from 375 councils scraped directly from their own portals, covering all 382 local planning authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
How to connect
How to connect PlanWire — UK Planning Data to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://planwire-mcp--bennroyy.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect PlanWire — UK Planning Data to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://planwire-mcp--bennroyy.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect PlanWire — UK Planning Data to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://planwire-mcp--bennroyy.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (4)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_planning_applications | Search UK planning applications by keyword, council, postcode, status, type, or date range. Returns matching applications with address, description, reference, status, and dates. Use for questions like 'recent planning applications in Camden' or 'refused extensions in OX1'. |
| nearby_planning_applications | Find planning applications within a radius of a point (latitude/longitude). Use for 'what's been applied for near this location'. |
| get_planning_application | Fetch a single planning application by its PlanWire id. |
| list_councils | List the UK councils (local planning authorities) PlanWire covers, with their IDs for use in searches. |