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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
71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Bakery, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EA
Received 28 Jul 1998101 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SG
Received 28 Jul 1998Whistlers Hollow, Friary, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UE
Received 28 Jul 1998Beech Tree Farm, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HQ
Received 24 Jul 1998The Engine House, Old Colliery Yard, Wick Lane, Pensford, BS39 4BU
Received 24 Jul 19982 Percival Terrace, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TZ
Received 29 Jul 1998Wellow Farm Barn, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QR
Received 29 Jul 19982 Chalfield Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JZ
Received 30 Jul 19983 Abbey Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BT
Received 30 Jul 1998118 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JB
Received 31 Jul 1998Old Crown Inn, Bath Road, Kelston, BA1 9AQ
Received 31 Jul 1998Whistley Farm, Whistley Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HD
Received 31 Jul 1998Bluebell Cottage, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PA
Received 31 Jul 1998Street Record, Access Road To Hicks Gate, Brislington, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 29 Jul 1998Broughton House, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 31 Jul 1998Royal Oak Farm, Old Mills Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7ST
Received 31 Jul 1998Briary Gap, Gibbet Lane, Bristol, BS14 0BX
Received 3 Aug 1998Brook Cottage, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HF
Received 3 Aug 199811 Manor Terrace, Radstock, BA3 3NF
Received 3 Aug 1998Ohm-Mayd, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0NA
Received 3 Aug 1998The Ship, 93 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1ER
Received 3 Aug 1998Doverhay, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QS
Received 4 Aug 199839 Spring Ground Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RA
Received 4 Aug 1998Wayside Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XQ
Received 4 Aug 1998Records 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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