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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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St Johns CEVA Primary School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JN
Received 17 Mar 1997Riverside, Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1HF
Received 14 Mar 1997Dog Inn House, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EB
Received 17 Mar 1997231 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1TN
Received 25 Nov 199645 Lansdown Crescent, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JX
Received 14 Mar 1997Milward Lodge, 53 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BA
Received 14 Mar 199710 Golf Club Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AA
Received 17 Mar 1997Homewood Farm, Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath
Received 17 Mar 1997Johnsons Cleaners Ltd, 8 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EG
Received 18 Mar 1997Play Area, Shakespeare Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Mar 1997Castle County Primary School, Newlands Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TS
Received 20 Mar 1997Castle Cp School, Newlands Road, Keynsham, BS31 2TS
Received 19 Mar 1997New Chapter Farm, Coley Hill, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AW
Received 5 Feb 1997Mill Cottage, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8EU
Received 21 Mar 1997Ground Floor, The Old Barn, Clays End Lane, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9DE
Received 21 Mar 1997Chew Court Farm, Chew Court, Chew Magna, BS40 8SF
Received 24 Mar 1997The Cottage, 1 Stanton Prior, Bath, BA2 9HX
Received 24 Mar 1997Marksbury C.E. Primary School, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HS
Received 19 Mar 1997Church Farm Barn, Washing Pound Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol,
Received 19 Mar 1997274 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 24 Mar 199728 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TL
Received 24 Mar 1997The Hayes, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BU
Received 24 Mar 1997Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB
Received 24 Mar 1997Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB
Received 24 Mar 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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