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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
71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Keynsham Leisure Centre, River Terrace, Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1HE
Received 24 Apr 1996Chew Magna County Primary School, Butham Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RQ
Received 7 May 1996Bathford Nurseries, Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7LR
Received 8 May 1996Toilet Block At, C P Comm, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, BS31 2AL
Received 7 May 1996Land Adj To, The Chequers, Woodlands, High Street, Freshford, BA2 7WF
Received 8 May 1996Jessamine Cottage, Nempnett Thrubwell, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YW
Received 7 May 1996Oldfield Barn, Queen Charlton, Bristol, BS31 2SQ
Received 9 May 1996Lloyds Chemists, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QE
Received 9 May 19968 St Mary's Rise, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3PD
Received 9 May 199615 Glanville Drive, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5GF
Received 9 May 1996105 Wesley Avenue, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3XF
Received 9 May 1996107 Wesley Avenue, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3XF
Received 9 May 199619 Gournay Court, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UR
Received 10 May 1996Sellars Stile, Bengrove, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PH
Received 13 May 19968 Manor Road, Keynsham, BS31 1RG
Received 9 May 199656 St Johns Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HR
Received 9 May 19964 Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TT
Received 9 May 19961 North Hill Cottages, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BB
Received 7 May 1996Walnut Tree Cottage, Newtown Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7TH
Received 8 May 1996Charlton Fields, Charlton Road, Queen Charlton, Bath, Bristol, BS31 2TW
Received 13 May 1996The Cottage, 2 Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1EG
Received 13 May 19961 Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 13 May 19964 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BE
Received 14 May 1996203 Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YB
Received 14 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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