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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
468 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 8 Sept 1998Court Farm House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 7 Sept 1998Brambles, Crocombe Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0JS
Received 9 Sept 199826 - 28 Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1EH
Received 7 Sept 1998Lower Twinhoe Barn, Lower Twinhoe, Midford, Bath, BA2 8QY
Received 9 Sept 199810 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NW
Received 10 Sept 1998Chetwynd Cottage, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 11 Sept 199810 Norman Road, Saltford, BS31 3BQ
Received 10 Sept 199813 Bilbie Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XW
Received 14 Sept 19987 Maesbury Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JR
Received 14 Sept 1998Willow Bank, Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DA
Received 14 Sept 1998The Ring O Bells, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EE
Received 14 Sept 1998Street Record, Northend Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 15 Sept 1998Street Record, Northend Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 15 Sept 1998Riding School, Westbury Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BE
Received 15 Sept 19985 Crossways Caravan Site, Fosseway, Dunkerton, BA2 8BT
Received 15 Sept 199834 Colliers Way, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RE
Received 16 Sept 1998201 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 16 Sept 1998The Cottage, 21 Steam Mills, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JZ
Received 16 Sept 19982 Sherwood Road, Keynsham, BS31 1DB
Received 14 Sept 1998Laurel House, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QQ
Received 18 Sept 1998Byemills Cottage, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4JL
Received 18 Sept 1998Cowleaze, White Hill, Shoscombe, BA2 8LU
Received 21 Sept 199827 Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UL
Received 21 Sept 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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