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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71,460 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hartley Wood Riding Centre, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol
Received 13 Aug 199652 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7ES
Received 12 Aug 19961 Crossways Caravan Site, Fosseway, Dunkerton, BA2 8BT
Received 12 Aug 199697 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JW
Received 14 Aug 1996Land At Rear Of The Copse, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7PL
Received 13 Aug 1996River Side, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AA
Received 14 Aug 199667 St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DX
Received 14 Aug 1996Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TE
Received 14 Aug 1996Orchard House, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0EZ
Received 15 Aug 1996The Batch, Priestdown Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HS
Received 16 Aug 1996Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 16 Aug 199641 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JG
Received 15 Aug 19961 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RA
Received 16 Aug 199610 Nunney Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XF
Received 19 Aug 1996Alcan Packaging, P O Box 3, Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AA
Received 16 Aug 1996Telecommunication Mast Mmo2 1723, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol,
Received 20 Aug 199634 Tennis Court Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LZ
Received 16 Aug 1996Valley View, Dunkerton Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8PF
Received 20 Aug 1996The Orchard, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RR
Received 10 Jul 1996Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 20 Aug 1996Lyons Vending Group Services, Pixash Business Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TP
Received 2 Aug 1996Primrose Coaches, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QL
Received 20 Aug 19962 The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4DT
Received 19 Aug 199622 Worcester Close, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8TU
Received 20 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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