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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 19 Oct 1998The Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 20 Oct 19981 Salway Close, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PY
Received 20 Oct 1998Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 20 Oct 1998Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 20 Oct 1998Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 20 Oct 1998Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 20 Oct 1998Limberlost, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BU
Received 20 Oct 19986 Walnut Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RP
Received 20 Oct 1998Caisson House, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EF
Received 21 Oct 1998Ubley Primary School, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PJ
Received 22 Oct 1998East Harptree Cp School, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BD
Received 22 Oct 1998Blackhorse Cottage, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UD
Received 22 Oct 1998The Little Coffee Shop, Manor Road, Saltford, BS31 3DL
Received 21 Oct 1998Barn Lea, Withy Mills, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PT
Received 21 Oct 1998Access Adjoining, White Ox Mead Farm, White Ox Mead, Wellow, BA2 8PN
Received 22 Oct 199812 Bloomfield Terrace, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DU
Received 22 Oct 1998Hazeldene, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0EB
Received 22 Oct 199810 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 23 Oct 1998Freshford Mill, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WH
Received 26 Oct 199810 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2UH
Received 26 Oct 1998Central Grass And Trees, Hicks Gate Roundabout, Keynsham,
Received 22 Oct 1998Boxbury Hill Roundabout, Old Mills, Paulton,
Received 22 Oct 1998Chelwood Roundabout, Wells Road, Pensford, Bristol,
Received 22 Oct 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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