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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Also known as B&NES, BathNES and BANES.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bath and North East Somerset website
71,460 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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Crossway Stables, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 6 Aug 1996Agricultural Building, Harts Lane, Hallatrow, Bristol,
Received 5 Aug 1996Kwok Sang Take Away, 44A Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EH
Received 7 Aug 199611 Chapel Row, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TQ
Received 7 Aug 19964 Bonhill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TS
Received 7 Aug 1996Charante, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AP
Received 7 Aug 19963 Ridgeway Close, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EF
Received 8 Aug 1996Station House, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PD
Received 8 Aug 1996Hamleaze, Old Bristol Road, Keynsham, BS31 2AA
Received 8 Aug 1996Avon Valley Garage, 584 Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3JS
Received 8 Aug 1996Garage Block Opposite 554-558, Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JN
Received 8 Aug 1996Agricultural Building In Parcel 3974, Flatts Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 9 Aug 1996Village Farm, Priston Hill, Priston, BA2 9EB
Received 9 Aug 199642 Waterside Way, Radstock, BA3 3YQ
Received 9 Aug 199631 Parkway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HD
Received 9 Aug 1996The Coach House, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 9 Aug 199671 Thicket Mead, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2SL
Received 9 Aug 1996Willow Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 9 Aug 1996Parcel 2425, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 1996Woodlands, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QL
Received 12 Aug 1996Chumleigh Cottage, 123 Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HP
Received 13 Aug 1996Chumleigh Cottage, 123 Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HP
Received 13 Aug 19961 Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RN
Received 13 Aug 1996Elmwood, Sandy Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EL
Received 13 Aug 1996Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bath and North East Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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