planning-document-searchlisted

# Planning Document Search Skill Download the documents attached to a UK planning application from a council's online planning portal, given the application reference number. ## When to use The user gives you a planning application reference (e.g. `6/2026/1249/HOUSE`, `5/2026/1349`) and a council name, and wants the associated documents (application forms, plans, elevations, officer reports, etc.) downloaded. ## Scope and responsible use Read this before running anything — it is a condition of the skill, not advice. - **Not legal advice; no warranty.** This is a retrieval aid, provided "as is"; verify what it returns. - **Public records only, retrieved the way a member of the public would.** UK planning registers exist for public inspection; this skill fetches documents a council has *deliberately published*. Use it for legitimate, targeted retrieval — a specific application a user needs — not for bulk harvesting, monitoring, or rebuilding a council's register. - **Never defeat a bot challenge.** If a portal serves an actual challenge or `Blocked` page (Barracuda JS challenge, AWS WAF `202`/`x-amzn-waf-action`, an escalating Cloudflare interstitial), **stop the automated approach and hand the user a browser deep link** instead. The recipes are built around this: they work where access is open and defer to a real browser where it is not. Do not try to solve, replay, or fingerprint-spoof a challenge. - **If retrieval struggles, stop and suggest a manua