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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
71,445 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Old Coach House, Chewton Road, Compton Dando, BS31 2SS
Received 15 Dec 1999The Coach House Mill Place, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ER
Received 16 Dec 1999The Coach House Mill Place, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ER
Received 17 Dec 1999Avondale Coach House, London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RB
Received 16 Dec 1999Sun Cottage, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HT
Received 15 Dec 1999Avondale Coach House, London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RB
Received 16 Dec 1999University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 15 Dec 1999Garage Block For, 12 Lilac Court, Keynsham, BS31 2RR
Received 16 Dec 1999Westleigh Farm, Little Solsbury, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JQ
Received 16 Dec 19995 Stanley Road West, Bath, BA2 3HU
Received 13 Dec 1999Ashton Way Car Park, Ashton Way, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 17 Dec 1999Co-op Stop And Shop, The Avenue , Combe Down, Bath
Received 9 Dec 1999Haycombe House, Haycombe Lane, Englishcombe, Bath
Received 15 Dec 1999Bath And Portland Stone, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
Received 17 Dec 1999Unit 1, Farrington Fields Trading Estate, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UU
Received 14 Dec 1999STREET RECORD, Radstock To Frome Cyclepath, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Dec 199953 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6DB
Received 16 Dec 1999Emery Brothers, Darlington Wharf, Darlington Road, Bath, BA2 6NL
Received 9 Dec 19998 Bridge Gardens, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0DF
Received 20 Dec 199921 Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1ES
Received 21 Dec 199943 Underleaf Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SR
Received 21 Dec 199966 Lays Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2LA
Received 21 Dec 1999232 Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2AX
Received 16 Dec 1999Bath And Portland Stone, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
Received 17 Dec 1999Records 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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