Procedure Clerk
The search form
The search form provides filters to narrow results:
| Filter | What it does |
|---|---|
| Date From / Date To | Limit to items from a specific date range |
| Limit to Committee(s) | Tick one or more committees to limit results |
| Limit to Cycle | Limit to a specific council cycle |
| Search In | All Fields, Title, Agenda text, or Minutes text |
| Scope of Search | Omit Boilerplate (default) or All Fields |
| Results Format | Concise, Expanded, or Full |
| Sort By Date | By relevance, Date Ascending, or Date Descending |
| Include non-active agendas | Includes older non-live agenda versions |
| Include unpublished agendas | Includes agendas not yet published |
Search syntax guide
Click the Search tips & syntax guide link below the search box for a full reference on search operators. The guide covers:
- Exact phrase matching with quotation marks
- Excluding terms with NOT
- OR searches
- Wildcard matching with
* - Fuzzy / typo-tolerant matching with
~
Key things to know
NOT requires a positive term. NOT housing on its own will
return an error — you must include at least one positive search
term, e.g. planning NOT housing.
Wildcards only work at the end of a word. plan* matches
planning, plans, planned. *plan is not supported.
Search is not case-sensitive. Planning and planning
return the same results.
Tips for effective searching
Start broad, then filter. Enter a simple search term first, then use the committee or date filters to narrow down.
Use quotation marks for references. Planning application
references, minute numbers, and project names are best searched
as exact phrases — for example "2023-137" rather than 2023 137.
Use the Cycle filter to focus on the current council term and avoid returning historical records.
Tags are searchable. If planning applications are tagged with their reference numbers, searching for the reference will find tagged items even if the reference does not appear in the item text itself.
If you get no results, try widening the date range, removing a committee filter, or replacing an exact word with a wildcard.
Last updated: 17 June 2026
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