diff --git a/config/plan-fallback.json b/config/plan-fallback.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7792c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/plan-fallback.json
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+{
+  "specification": "plan",
+  "name": "plan",
+  "long-name": "local plan, minerals and waste plan, and supplementary plan",
+  "long-plural": "local plans, minerals and waste plans, and supplementary plans",
+  "plural": "plans",
+  "description": "headline information about local plans, minerals and waste plans, and supplementary plans",
+  "specification-status": "working-draft",
+  "specification-reason": "local-plans-2025",
+  "consideration": "development-plans-and-timetables",
+  "document-url": "https://digital-land.github.io/specification/specification/plan/",
+  "date-precision": "YYYY-MM-DD",
+  "start-date": "",
+  "end-date": "",
+  "entry-date": "2026-03-24",
+  "github-discussion": 26,
+  "datasets": [
+    {
+      "dataset": "local-plan",
+      "fields": [
+        { "field": "reference" },
+        {
+          "field": "name",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A001",
+              "text": "match the title of the document at `document-url`."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "dataset" },
+        { "field": "period-start-date" },
+        { "field": "period-end-date" },
+        { "field": "local-planning-authorities" },
+        { "field": "documentation-url" },
+        {
+          "field": "document-url",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A002",
+              "text": "link to the core plan document described by this data."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "required-housing" },
+        { "field": "entry-date" },
+        { "field": "notes" }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "dataset": "supplementary-plan",
+      "fields": [
+        { "field": "reference" },
+        {
+          "field": "name",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A001",
+              "text": "match the title of the document at `document-url`."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "dataset" },
+        { "field": "period-start-date" },
+        { "field": "period-end-date" },
+        { "field": "local-planning-authorities" },
+        { "field": "documentation-url" },
+        {
+          "field": "document-url",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A002",
+              "text": "link to the core plan document described by this data."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "entry-date" },
+        { "field": "notes" }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "dataset": "minerals-plan",
+      "fields": [
+        { "field": "reference" },
+        {
+          "field": "name",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A001",
+              "text": "match the title of the document at `document-url`."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "dataset" },
+        { "field": "period-start-date" },
+        { "field": "period-end-date" },
+        { "field": "mineral-planning-authorities" },
+        { "field": "documentation-url" },
+        {
+          "field": "document-url",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A002",
+              "text": "link to the core plan document described by this data."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "document-count" },
+        { "field": "entry-date" },
+        { "field": "notes" }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "dataset": "waste-plan",
+      "fields": [
+        { "field": "reference" },
+        {
+          "field": "name",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A001",
+              "text": "match the title of the document at `document-url`."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "dataset" },
+        { "field": "period-start-date" },
+        { "field": "period-end-date" },
+        { "field": "waste-planning-authorities" },
+        { "field": "documentation-url" },
+        {
+          "field": "document-url",
+          "assertions": [
+            {
+              "reference": "plan-A002",
+              "text": "link to the core plan document described by this data."
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        { "field": "document-count" },
+        { "field": "entry-date" },
+        { "field": "notes" }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "dataset": "plan-timetable",
+      "fields": [
+        { "field": "reference" },
+        { "field": "plan" },
+        {
+          "field": "plan-event",
+          "dataset": "plan-event"
+        },
+        { "field": "event-date" },
+        { "field": "actual-date" },
+        { "field": "entry-date" },
+        { "field": "notes" }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/middleware/common.middleware.js b/src/middleware/common.middleware.js
index b25ac205..3b83f94b 100644
--- a/src/middleware/common.middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/common.middleware.js
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import { errorTemplateContext, MiddlewareError } from '../utils/errors.js'
 import { dataRangeParams } from '../routes/schemas.js'
 import platformApi from '../services/platformApi.js'
 import config from '../../config/index.js'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 
+const planFallback = JSON.parse(readFileSync(new URL('../../config/plan-fallback.json', import.meta.url), 'utf8'))
+const PLAN_FALLBACK_DATASETS_JSON = JSON.stringify(planFallback.datasets)
 /**
  * Middleware. Set `req.handlerName` to a string that will identify
  * the function that threw the error.
@@ -381,6 +384,28 @@ export const fetchDatasetFields = fetchMany({
   result: 'datasetFields'
 })
 
+/**
+ * @name checkSpecificationFallback
+ * @function
+ * @description Middleware that overrides the specification with a local fallback for plan datasets
+ * that are not yet in a production-ready format in the specification table. When the fetched
+ * specification is for 'local-plan', it checks whether the current dataset exists in the
+ * plan-fallback.json config and, if so, replaces req.specification with the fallback data
+ * so that pullOutDatasetSpecification can extract the correct dataset-specific fields.
+ */
+export const checkSpecificationFallback = (req, res, next) => {
+  const { specification } = req
+
+  if (specification && specification.specification === 'local-plan') {
+    const fallbackDataset = planFallback.datasets.find(d => d.dataset === req.dataset.dataset)
+    if (fallbackDataset) {
+      req.specification = { json: PLAN_FALLBACK_DATASETS_JSON }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return next()
+}
+
 export const pullOutDatasetSpecification = (req, res, next) => {
   const { specification } = req
   let collectionSpecifications
@@ -494,6 +519,8 @@ export const constructSpecificationTable = (req, res, next) => {
  */
 export const processSpecificationMiddlewares = [
   fetchSpecification,
+  // Certain Specification are not at production level format, so override here
+  checkSpecificationFallback,
   pullOutDatasetSpecification,
   // When specification exists, use field mappings from transform table
   onlyIf(req => req.specification, replaceUnderscoreInSpecification),