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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
71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Windrush Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QL
Received 24 Nov 1997Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TS
Received 25 Nov 199711 Holmoak Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RS
Received 25 Nov 1997Mill House, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7ER
Received 24 Nov 19979 Dovers Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SU
Received 25 Nov 1997Dorset Cottage, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BZ
Received 19 Nov 1997130-133 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 21 Nov 1997Kennet Side, Tyning Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TQ
Received 21 Nov 199728 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TL
Received 26 Nov 1997Little Gables, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PX
Received 26 Nov 1997Shortcombe Farm, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6ES
Received 26 Nov 1997Street Record, Hazel Barrow, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 28 Nov 199730 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NR
Received 1 Dec 1997The Old Orchard, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PU
Received 1 Dec 1997Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 1 Dec 1997Home Farm, Hook Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BB
Received 1 Dec 1997Welton Rovers FC, West Clewes, North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QD
Received 1 Dec 1997The Cottage, 44 Maple Rise, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LH
Received 2 Dec 1997Unit 16 Roadcrew Solutions Limited, Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 2 Dec 1997Wayside Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XQ
Received 3 Dec 1997Holly Court Arcade, 119 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 3 Dec 1997Whitecross Farm, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, BS39 6TJ
Received 3 Dec 1997Upridge, Winford Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QE
Received 4 Dec 1997Perry House Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XG
Received 5 Dec 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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