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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Saltford Farm Barn, 565A Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BA31 3JS
Received 6 Jul 199871 The Street, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HP
Received 8 Jul 199859 West View Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2UE
Received 8 Jul 199835 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PZ
Received 9 Jul 1998Proposed Industrial Workshop Opposite 16-17, Mill Road, Radstock,
Received 8 Jul 199825 The Grove, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6ES
Received 8 Jul 1998Green Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 8 Jul 1998The Chase, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4NT
Received 8 Jul 1998Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 10 Jul 1998Radford Hill Cottage, Radford Hill, Radstock, BA3 2XU
Received 10 Jul 1998Unit 1 Gillards Worldwide Warehousing Hallatrow Business Park, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 10 Jul 19984 Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 9 Jul 1998Wellow Farm Barn, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QR
Received 9 Jul 199859 Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SH
Received 10 Jul 1998Belvedere Manor, Nempnett Thrubwell, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YJ
Received 9 Jul 199818 Westfield Terrace, Radstock, BA3 3UT
Received 13 Jul 1998Sunnymead, Sunnymead Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UW
Received 13 Jul 1998Tyning Cottage, Langridge, Bath, BA1 8AJ
Received 13 Jul 1998Ashcroft, Loves Hill, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EU
Received 14 Jul 1998Elfreda Farm, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DJ
Received 14 Jul 1998Grey House, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QG
Received 14 Jul 1998Swallows Rest, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BE
Received 15 Jul 199843 Oaklands, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RW
Received 16 Jul 19986 Bilbie Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XW
Received 16 Jul 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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