Privacy Policy
How ukplanningportal.org/ handles visitor information, correction messages, cookies, analytics, security tools, and external planning website links.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how ukplanningportal.org/ may collect, use, and protect information when visitors use this website. This site is an informational planning guide and does not process official planning applications, council payments, appeal filings, or building control submissions.
Information You Provide
If you contact us, you may provide your name, email address, page URL, council name, correction details, official source link, and message. You should not send sensitive planning documents, legal documents, payment details, identity documents, passwords, or private information about neighbours unless it is necessary and safe for a website correction.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, our hosting, analytics, security, caching, or spam-protection tools may collect technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, page visited, referring page, approximate location, and error logs. This helps us improve performance, security, and content quality.
How We Use Information
- To respond to contact messages and correction requests.
- To check broken links, outdated source details, and reported page issues.
- To improve content quality, mobile usability, accessibility, and website security.
- To detect spam, abuse, malware, and technical problems.
- To comply with legal obligations where required.
Cookies and Third-Party Tools
Our website may use cookies for essential functionality, analytics, performance, security, advertising, or spam prevention depending on the plugins and services active on the site. Visitors can manage cookies in their browser settings. If embedded maps, videos, analytics, or external tools are used, those providers may process data under their own policies.
External Planning Websites
When you leave ukplanningportal.org/ and visit a council, GOV.UK, Planning Portal, map, payment, or application website, that external website controls its own privacy policy, forms, cookies, security, and data use.