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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
71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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1 Tarnwell, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ED
Received 26 Apr 1996Willow Bank, Fosseway, Clandown, Radstock, BA3 3BJ
Received 26 Apr 1996333 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 1TJ
Received 26 Apr 1996Pentlands, Mill Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EJ
Received 26 Apr 199619 Manor Road, Saltford, BS31 3DN
Received 26 Apr 1996Chalice Cottage, Mill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UX
Received 26 Apr 199633 The Mead, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0AG
Received 26 Apr 1996Mendip View, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BT
Received 29 Apr 1996Keynsham Rugby Club, Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BE
Received 29 Apr 19968 Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LN
Received 29 Apr 1996Bank Cottage, Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UQ
Received 29 Apr 19962 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 29 Apr 199654 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HN
Received 29 Apr 1996Highgate, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
Received 30 Apr 1996National Westminster Bank , 3 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2LE
Received 29 Apr 199631 Parkfield Gardens, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XF
Received 30 Apr 1996Stockwood Barn, Stockwood Lane, Bristol
Received 30 Apr 1996Stockwood Barn, Stockwood Lane, Bristol
Received 30 Apr 1996Haydons Pound, Culver Lane, East Harptree
Received 30 Apr 1996Hallatrow Business Park, Wells Road, Hallatrow, BS39 6EX
Received 1 May 1996Perry House Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XG
Received 1 May 19961 Rosemount, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QQ
Received 1 May 199643 Wheelers Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BT
Received 26 Mar 1996Turnpike Cottage, Wells Road, Corston, BA2 9HD
Received 1 May 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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