Landstack planning MCP

Your planner, researcher and land buyer. All in one.

Connect Claude to Landstack and ask questions in plain English—instead of trawling through planning portals, constraint maps, ownership records and comparable evidence.

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No API keys. No config files. Sign in with your Landstack account.
CLAUDE + LANDSTACK
Run a site appraisal on this site and tell me whether it has development potential.
Here’s an initial development-potential assessment.I’ve reviewed the planning history, relevant policy context, known constraints and nearby precedents.
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01 — Quick start

Connected before the kettle boils.

The wording may vary slightly by Claude version, but the flow is the same: add the connector, sign in and authorise.

01

Open connectors

In Claude, open Settings, then find Connectors or Integrations.

02

Add Landstack

Find Landstack in connectors. If it isn’t listed, add a custom connector using:

https://mcp.landstack.co.uk/mcp
03

Sign in

Claude will open Landstack. Log in using your existing account—or create one if you’re new.

04

Authorise

Approve the connection. Return to Claude and start a new conversation using Landstack.

✓ Quick checkAsk: “Using Landstack, show me recent major residential applications in Bristol.” If Claude asks permission to use the connector, approve it.
Video walkthrough

See the complete setup.

Prefer to follow along? This short walkthrough shows you where to add the connector, how to authorise Landstack and how to make your first MCP-powered request.

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02 — Possibilities

From first question to a sharper decision.

Use Landstack MCP for fast exploration, deeper evidence gathering and useful deliverables.

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Find opportunities

Search planning applications, policies and site records by place, status, dates, keywords, reference or scale.

  • Locate unallocated SHLAA sites
  • Track large applications
  • Explore local authority patterns
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Assess a site

Bring together policy, planning history, local context and supporting documents around a specific opportunity.

  • Check planning prospects
  • Surface key constraints
  • Compare nearby precedents
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Read the evidence

Work through officer reports, decision notices, adopted policies and other planning documents with your AI.

  • Summarise long documents
  • Extract relevant clauses
  • Trace claims to source material
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Understand a market

Compare districts, housing supply, policy requirements and recent decisions to build a faster market view.

  • Compare five-year supply
  • Review affordable housing
  • Spot approval trends
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Create outputs

Turn research into a structured appraisal, brief, table, planning statement outline or client-ready summary.

  • Draft site appraisals
  • Build comparison tables
  • Export structured research
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Keep digging

Ask follow-up questions in the same conversation. Refine geography, dates, size, status or evidence as you go.

  • Test alternative scenarios
  • Narrow a longlist
  • Challenge assumptions
03 — Prompt library

Start with a better question.

Copy a prompt, replace the details in brackets and ask Claude to use the Landstack connector.

Site research

Is [site address] a good development site? Assess its planning history, relevant policy context and the main issues I should investigate next.

Site research

Find unallocated SHLAA sites in [district] and rank the strongest opportunities by size and planning context.

Policy

What is the affordable housing requirement in [local authority]? Cite the relevant adopted policy and flag any thresholds or tenure requirements.

Market intelligence

Compare five-year housing land supply across [area 1], [area 2] and [area 3]. Explain what the differences could mean for promotion strategy.

Market intelligence

Show every planning application submitted in [district] last month with 50+ proposed homes. Group by status and applicant.

Site research

Which districts in [county] are easiest to get housing approved in? Compare recent major residential decisions and explain your method.

Policy

Should I be worried about the neighbourhood plan for [site]? Identify relevant policies and explain their likely implications.

Create an output

Create a concise site appraisal for [site], covering planning history, policy, constraints, nearby precedents, risks and recommended next steps. Separate facts from interpretation.

Refusal analysis

Find refused applications relevant to [site or area]. Summarise the refusal reasons, identify recurring issues and assess whether there may be evidence-led ways to address them in a future application.

04 — Example workflow

A morning’s research in four conversations.

Treat the AI as a research partner: begin broad, narrow the field, inspect the evidence, then shape the output.

STEP 1 · EXPLORE

Build the longlist

Define geography, development type, scale and time period. Ask for a structured table with references and the reason each result was included.

STEP 2 · FILTER

Remove weak fits

Apply tighter criteria. Ask Claude to identify missing information rather than guessing, and to explain why each site remains on the list.

STEP 3 · INVESTIGATE

Read beneath the headline

For the strongest sites, examine decision notices, officer reports, policy wording and comparable applications. Ask for citations or document references.

STEP 4 · CREATE

Produce the decision brief

Request a clear appraisal with facts, interpretation, risks, unknowns and recommended actions kept separate. Review the source evidence before relying on it.

05 — Get better answers

Prompt like a planning professional.

Be specific

Give a place, site, planning authority, date range, application type or unit threshold. The clearer the brief, the more useful the result.

Ask for the basis

Request references, relevant dates and source documents. Ask the AI to distinguish retrieved facts from its interpretation.

Use follow-ups

Don’t cram everything into one mega-prompt. Explore, interrogate and refine in stages so you can challenge the result.

Define the output

Say whether you want a shortlist, comparison table, executive brief, appraisal structure or spreadsheet-ready rows.

State what matters

Tell Claude the commercial or planning lens: promotion potential, housing delivery, risk, policy fit, precedent or client communication.

Apply professional judgement

AI accelerates research; it does not replace planning, legal or investment advice. Check critical facts and original documents.

Ready when you are

Less searching. More time deciding.

Connect your AI assistant to Landstack’s planning data and turn your next question into an evidence-led head start.

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