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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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11 The Witheys, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QB
Received 27 Mar 199735 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JQ
Received 1 Apr 1997Lays Farm, Access Road To Lays Farm, Bristol, BS31 2SE
Received 1 Apr 1997Sunnyside Gardens, Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0BQ
Received 27 Mar 1997Parcel 1300, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 1 Apr 1997Asholme, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6XZ
Received 1 Apr 1997Winterfield House, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RQ
Received 2 Apr 1997Westfield Surgery, Waterford Park, Radstock, BA3 3UJ
Received 2 Apr 1997Corner Cottage, Inglesbatch, Bath, BA2 9DZ
Received 2 Apr 199750 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EQ
Received 2 Apr 1997Woodland On West Side Of Lane, Tytherly Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SF
Received 2 Apr 1997Lower Fields, Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AE
Received 2 Apr 1997Globe Inn, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BB
Received 2 Apr 1997Globe Inn, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BB
Received 2 Apr 19975A Barnaby Close, Welton, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2UJ
Received 1 Apr 1997Manor Cottages, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 27 Mar 199725 The Chestertons , Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UH
Received 2 Apr 199712 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BN
Received 2 Apr 19973 Hill View, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HP
Received 2 Apr 1997Parcel 9393, Mill Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0EN
Received 26 Mar 199738 Albert Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1AD
Received 26 Mar 1997Helphire Uk Ltd, Unit 1, Burnett Business Park, Saltford, BS31 2ED
Received 2 Apr 199721 Conway Green, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SD
Received 4 Apr 1997Glenview, Worlds End Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TW
Received 2 Apr 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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