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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
71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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231 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1TN
Received 29 Aug 199629 Upper Furlong, Timsbury, BA2 0NN
Received 30 Aug 1996Trelawney, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BX
Received 2 Sept 199620 Somerset Folly, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HD
Received 30 Aug 1996Parcel 6000, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath,
Received 23 Aug 1996Hurdlecombe Cottage, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BA
Received 2 Sept 1996Luccombe Farm, Steway Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EH
Received 2 Sept 199639-41 Cedar Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TY
Received 3 Sept 199640 A And B The Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 3 Sept 1996New Willow Farm, Littleton Lane, Wellow, BA2 8PU
Received 2 Sept 1996The Old School, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RA
Received 4 Sept 19965 Phillis Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SW
Received 4 Sept 1996Abbotshill, Durley Park, Keynsham, BS31 2AT
Received 5 Sept 1996Glenavon Timber Treatment, Ashmead Industrial Estate, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 5 Sept 1996Stonecrest House, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YA
Received 6 Sept 1996Southlands, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RU
Received 6 Sept 1996Barnfield, Northfield, Radstock, BA3 3HX
Received 6 Sept 1996213 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 6 Sept 19966 Mount Pleasant, Radstock, BA3 3LP
Received 6 Sept 1996Magpie Cottage, Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 6 Sept 1996Cherrylea, Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UF
Received 6 Sept 1996Woolston Place, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SU
Received 6 Sept 1996Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SN
Received 6 Sept 1996Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SN
Received 6 Sept 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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