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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Hill View, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BS
Received 20 Feb 19977 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BY
Received 20 Feb 1997Brookside, Woollard Lane, Compton Dando, BS39 4HU
Received 20 Feb 1997Miners Welfare Institute, New Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AR
Received 20 Feb 1997Weeks Green Farm, Sutton Wick, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XR
Received 21 Feb 19979A Rush Hill, Farrington Gurney, BS39 6TP
Received 18 Feb 19976 Waterford Park, Radstock, BA3 3TR
Received 24 Feb 19971 The Shambles, Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RH
Received 24 Feb 1997Stantonbury Wood, Wheatsheaf Lane, Stanton Prior, Bath,
Received 12 Dec 1996Chew Magna Church Hall, Silver Street, Chew Magna, BS40 8RE
Received 24 Feb 1997Beechwood House, Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BQ
Received 24 Feb 19974 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 24 Feb 1997Victoria Methodist Church, High Street, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 24 Feb 199743 The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4DT
Received 25 Feb 1997Bonhill Barn, Bonhill Lane, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5TU
Received 25 Feb 1997Brompanda, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 6EJ
Received 24 Feb 19971 Chapel Cottages, The Street, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UX
Received 25 Feb 1997Curtsons (Radstock) Ltd Brookside Works, Mill Road, Radstock, BA3 5TX
Received 25 Feb 199724 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BQ
Received 25 Feb 1997Baggridge House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QP
Received 24 Feb 199734 Fosseway, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4AX
Received 25 Feb 1997Street Record, High Street, Priston
Received 24 Feb 19972 Westbury View, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TZ
Received 25 Feb 1997Mynah, 208-209 Mells Lane, Radstock, BA3 5SG
Received 26 Feb 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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