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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Unoccupied Premises, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Apr 1998Field Parcel 1100 East Of Kennet And Avon Canal, Warminster Road, Claverton, Bath,
Received 8 Apr 19981 Railway Bungalows, Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8NA
Received 8 Apr 1998Heighgrove Farm, New Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 8 Apr 1998The Old Court, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DA
Received 8 Apr 1998The Old Court, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DA
Received 9 Apr 19989 Beech Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BE
Received 8 Apr 199897 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RE
Received 8 Apr 19981 Cobblers Way, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3BX
Received 8 Apr 19982 Rosemount, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QQ
Received 9 Apr 1998High Littleton Methodist Church, High Street, High Littleton, BS39 6JD
Received 14 Apr 1998Church Farm, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AH
Received 14 Apr 199838 Southlands Drive, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HB
Received 9 Apr 1998Stanton Wick Farm, Stanton Wick Farm Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DB
Received 8 Apr 1998Hollowtree House, Folly Lane, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DW
Received 15 Apr 1998Ohm-Mayd, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0NA
Received 9 Apr 1998Greenway Farm, Litton Lane, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AY
Received 15 Apr 1998Sedbrook Farm, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol
Received 15 Apr 1998Byemills Farm, Access Road To Bye Mills Farm, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JL
Received 15 Apr 1998One Two Five, Box Road, Bathford, BA1 7LR
Received 14 Apr 199890 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RF
Received 14 Apr 1998Parcel 7672, Crab Tree Tyning, Englishcombe, Bath
Received 14 Apr 19983 Bumper's Batch, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SQ
Received 15 Apr 1998The Old Bakery Unoccupied Premises, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Apr 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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