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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whistley Farm, Whistley Lane, West Harptree, BS40 6HD
Received 26 Feb 19971 The Grove, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6ES
Received 26 Feb 1997Orchard End, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EJ
Received 26 Feb 1997Chew Valley School, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB
Received 26 Feb 1997Chew Valley School, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB
Received 26 Feb 1997Playing Field, Chew Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QB
Received 26 Feb 199777 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TF
Received 26 Feb 1997Heritage Cottage, The Heritage, Camerton, BA2 0AU
Received 26 Feb 1997Bannerdown Gardens, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EG
Received 26 Feb 1997Keepers Cottage (formerly Saltford View), Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AG
Received 26 Feb 1997179 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TD
Received 26 Feb 1997Chelwood House Hotel, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 27 Feb 1997Middle Barn, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 27 Feb 1997Chantry Televisions Ltd, 89 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
Received 26 Feb 199746 And 47 High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2DL
Received 27 Feb 1997Somerset Coal Canal Brassknocker Basin, Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 27 Feb 19975 Holly Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TU
Received 26 Feb 199711 Wells Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AX
Received 27 Feb 199711 Wells Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AX
Received 27 Feb 1997The Folly, Hook, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0NF
Received 28 Feb 199796 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EQ
Received 28 Feb 1997Chapters Paddock, Langfords Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HN
Received 28 Feb 199795 Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UE
Received 28 Feb 1997Land Adj To, Three Walls, 4 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JN
Received 28 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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