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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Compton, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 16 Jun 1998Street Record, Purnell Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 12 Jun 1998Plot 20, 20 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 15 Jun 1998Winford Road Garages 7 Littleton Mill, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8HJ
Received 15 Jun 199810A Littleton Mill, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8HJ
Received 15 Jun 1998Silver Lee, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TB
Received 15 Jun 1998The Crown Inn, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AQ
Received 12 Jun 1998Stables And Paddock, Mill Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0EN
Received 16 Jun 1998203 Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YB
Received 17 Jun 1998155 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PU
Received 17 Jun 1998Charcoal Grill, 112 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 12 Jun 1998The Coach House, Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JJ
Received 15 Jun 1998Woodborough Mill Farm, Woodborough Mill Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JT
Received 15 Jun 1998Upper Barrow Hill Farm, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, BA2 0HL
Received 17 Jun 199831 Highmead Gardens, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XB
Received 17 Jun 1998Mendip View, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PD
Received 17 Jun 1998The Old Forge, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 12 Jun 1998Beech Tree Barn, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HQ
Received 18 Jun 1998Land To East, Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 17 Jun 1998Homefield, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BP
Received 17 Jun 1998Car Park, Lansdown Park & Ride Car Park, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 19 Jun 19985 Maypole Close, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PP
Received 19 Jun 1998Alton Villa, Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PD
Received 19 Jun 1998Manor Lodge, Winford Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QE
Received 19 Jun 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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