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🔹 Comprehensive dataset of planning applications for Harrow Council
👤 Client: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Member since ****
💰 Price: $28
🚩 Problem: Gather detailed and accurate data on all planning applications submitted to Harrow Council.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] Collect information from official council records.
[Method] Automate web scraping using Python with libraries like Beautiful Soup or Scrapy.
[UI/UX] Not applicable
[Stack] Python, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, Pandas for data processing.
[Security] Ensure compliance with GDPR and other relevant regulations. Use proxies to avoid IP blocking.
[Format] Deliver in a clean, structured CSV file with columns: Site Address, Planning Type, Consultant Name, Email, Phone Number, LinkedIn Profile URL, Source URL, Collection Date.

Workflow:

Identify the official council website or specific pages where planning application details are published.
Develop a web scraping script to extract relevant data points for each application.
Verify and clean scraped data by cross-referencing with other publicly available sources if necessary.
Organize data into a structured CSV file, ensuring all required fields are included.
Add source URLs and collection date metadata.
Test the script on a small sample to ensure accuracy and efficiency.