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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71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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9 Longmeadow Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RG
Received 6 Jun 1996The Red Barn, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol
Received 6 Jun 1996Beech House, 431 Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3DG
Received 10 Jun 199627 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JZ
Received 10 Jun 1996Trossachs, The Barton, Corston, BA2 9AN
Received 10 Jun 19968 Innicks Close, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PL
Received 10 Jun 1996The Crown, 500 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS39 5BS
Received 10 Jun 1996The Crown, 500 Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3HJ
Received 10 Jun 1996Cottage Farm, Timsbury Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HL
Received 10 Jun 1996Farm Building Adj Glenavon Farm, Bath Road, Saltford,
Received 10 Jun 1996Eastwick Farm, 3400 Stanton Wick, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BX
Received 10 Jun 199638 Naishes Avenue, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TW
Received 10 Jun 1996Lower Farm, Cameley Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol
Received 11 Jun 1996Westways, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QS
Received 11 Jun 199638 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JJ
Received 11 Jun 19961 Primrose Terrace, Pit Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2US
Received 12 Jun 1996St Julian's Primary School, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8QS
Received 11 Jun 1996Land Adjacent To No 158, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, BS39 4DB
Received 12 Jun 1996Homewood Park Hotel, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TB
Received 12 Jun 199614 Sperring Court, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2JF
Received 12 Jun 1996Tythe End, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2SU
Received 13 Jun 19965 Witney Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DX
Received 14 Jun 199610 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DW
Received 12 Jun 1996Whitchurch Primary School, 22 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 11 Jun 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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