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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
71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Welsford House, Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PB
Received 9 Oct 19971 Duchy Cottages, Pitway Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TU
Received 9 Oct 1997Stable Cottage Park Farm, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 9 Oct 1997Chew Valley Comprehensive School, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QB
Received 13 Oct 199715 Wells Square, Radstock, BA3 3UF
Received 10 Oct 19971 Oaklands, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DN
Received 10 Oct 1997Prospect Cottage, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HJ
Received 8 Oct 19978 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 13 Oct 19971 Evenlode Way, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RT
Received 9 Oct 19972 Goold Close, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AF
Received 10 Oct 1997Church Cottage, 20 The Green, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TJ
Received 9 Oct 1997Odd Down Park And Ride, Combe Hay Lane, Bath
Received 10 Oct 1997Park And Ride Site, Lansdown, Bath
Received 10 Oct 1997L & F Jones, Cash And Carry, Charlton Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4SB
Received 13 Oct 1997Clutton Airfield, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QL
Received 14 Oct 199714 Cedar Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TY
Received 14 Oct 1997Rose Cottage, Tyning, Timsbury, BA2 0HG
Received 14 Oct 199712 High Street, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ED
Received 14 Oct 1997St Luke's Church, Church Lane, Priston, BA2 9EF
Received 14 Oct 199718 Underhill Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RU
Received 15 Oct 1997The Bungalow, Ruett Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UW
Received 16 Oct 1997Shortcombe Farm, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6ES
Received 17 Oct 1997Overbrook, Stowey Bottom, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TN
Received 20 Oct 1997Tudorberries (former Bryanston), Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SU
Received 16 Oct 1997Records 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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