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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Maypole Close, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PP
Received 24 Mar 1997The Cottage, 1 Stanton Prior, Bath, BA2 9HX
Received 24 Mar 1997George And Dragon, 227 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath
Received 24 Mar 1997Parcel 6751, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AR
Received 19 Mar 19979 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RA
Received 25 Mar 1997The Old Court, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DA
Received 24 Mar 1997Eastwood Manor, Eastwood, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 24 Mar 1997Eastwood Manor, Eastwood, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 24 Mar 199719 Steam Mills, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2JZ
Received 24 Mar 1997Willowbrook, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LL
Received 25 Mar 1997Eastwood Manor Farm, Eastwood, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 25 Mar 1997Rough Ground And Buildings, Queen Charlton Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 24 Mar 1997Street Record, Sunnymead, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Mar 1997Hart Lane Cottage, Harts Lane, High Littleton, BS39 6EA
Received 26 Mar 19971 Ruskin Road, Radstock, BA3 3UU
Received 26 Mar 1997Gooselade Cottage, Double House Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TH
Received 27 Mar 1997Hillside Farm, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XR
Received 27 Mar 1997Bramble Cottage, Crock Barton, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JP
Received 27 Mar 1997Sundown, Church Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XA
Received 27 Mar 1997Rookery Farm, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YD
Received 26 Mar 1997Rookery Farm, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YD
Received 26 Mar 1997Byfields, Gibbet Lane, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BX
Received 1 Apr 199744 Orchard Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QZ
Received 1 Apr 19975 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 1 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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