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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillview, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 0DZ
Received 15 Jan 1997Parcel 7587, Manor Road, Keynsham,
Received 10 Jan 1997Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 14 Jan 1997Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 14 Jan 199780A Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AR
Received 16 Jan 1997Hillside, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LJ
Received 16 Jan 1997Scout Hall, Station Road, Clutton, BS39 5PF
Received 16 Jan 1997Chew Cottage, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 16 Jan 1997Brunels Tunnel House Hotel, Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BF
Received 17 Jan 1997Brunels Tunnel House Hotel, Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BF
Received 17 Jan 19978 Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 17 Jan 1997Roselands, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HF
Received 20 Jan 1997Williams & Oakey Engineering Co Ltd, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AA
Received 20 Jan 1997129 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JF
Received 20 Jan 1997The Hunting Lodge East, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7JF
Received 20 Jan 1997Tanqueray, Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LZ
Received 20 Jan 1997Brooklea, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BD
Received 21 Jan 1997Peasedown St John Primary School, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8DH
Received 20 Jan 1997Street Record, Wick Green, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 20 Jan 19979 Down Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UE
Received 20 Jan 1997Gournay Court, The Street, West Harptree, BS40 6EB
Received 20 Jan 1997The Dower House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 20 Jan 1997The Dower House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 20 Jan 1997Doverhay, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QS
Received 22 Jan 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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