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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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43 Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PW
Received 20 May 1998Parcel 2862, Priston Road, Priston, BA2 9EA
Received 21 May 1998Tandoori Garden, 45 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DS
Received 21 May 1998Purbeck House, The Avenue, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HU
Received 21 May 1998Tiddlers Nursery, 480 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 21 May 199850 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QH
Received 22 May 1998Evergreen Cottage, Northwick, Dundry, Bristol, BS41 8NN
Received 22 May 1998Pensford Post Office, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AF
Received 22 May 199876 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QQ
Received 22 May 1998Tanglewood, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 22 May 199819 Priston, Bath, BA2 9ED
Received 22 May 1998Field At Rear Of Guarlford, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham,
Received 26 May 1998Bank Betwwen Morgan Way And Faulkland View And Bypass, Morgan Way, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8TT
Received 26 May 199817 Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JD
Received 26 May 1998Old Station Yard, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UG
Received 26 May 1998Land Adj Wellsway Works, Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock,
Received 27 May 1998The Nurseries, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol, BS30 6LN
Received 27 May 1998The Nurseries, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol, BS30 6LN
Received 27 May 199815 St Georges Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RN
Received 27 May 1998The Chequers, High Street, Freshford, BA2 7WF
Received 27 May 199831 Ruskin Road, Radstock, BA3 3UU
Received 28 May 1998Castle Farm Barn, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BU
Received 28 May 1998Limpley Crest, Midford Lane, Limpley Stoke, Bath, BA2 7GW
Received 28 May 1998Chapel House, Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 29 May 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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