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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
71,462 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 26 Jun 199647 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SZ
Received 27 Jun 199647 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SZ
Received 27 Jun 1996Crossleaze Farm, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AU
Received 28 Jun 1996Anchor Cottage, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Received 28 Jun 199620 Bristol Road, Keynsham, BS31 2BQ
Received 28 Jun 199620 Bristol Road, Keynsham, BS31 2BQ
Received 28 Jun 199616 Beech Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BE
Received 28 Jun 199643 Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS18 5DB
Received 27 Jun 1996Sedbrook Farm, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol
Received 2 Jul 1996Southwell House, The Street, Ubley, Bristol
Received 2 Jul 1996Calverley Wing, Southstoke Hall, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, BA2 7DL
Received 27 Jun 199635A Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TT
Received 2 Jul 1996The Ferrils, Crock Barton, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JP
Received 3 Jul 1996Parcel 1126, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 1 Jul 1996455 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AZ
Received 3 Jul 199675 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 3 Jul 1996Crockbarton, 1 - 4 Rectory Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0JY
Received 3 Jul 199675 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 3 Jul 19969 Lawson Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3LB
Received 4 Jul 199648 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SP
Received 4 Jul 199648 Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AB
Received 4 Jul 199610 Orwell Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QB
Received 5 Jul 1996The Old Parsonage, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB
Received 5 Jul 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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