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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
71,444 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
5 The Batch, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EN
Received 12 Apr 19992 The Grove, Hallatrow, BS39 6ES
Received 12 Apr 199922 Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 14 Apr 1999Mill Farm, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LA
Received 14 Apr 199916 Somerset Way, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7YU
Received 14 Apr 1999Rose Cottage (now Known As Hurdlecombe Cottage), Dunkerton, Bath, BA2 8BA
Received 15 Apr 1999Highway Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BE
Received 16 Apr 199942 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JB
Received 16 Apr 1999Willow Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 16 Apr 1999Dever Cottage, Tyning, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HG
Received 16 Apr 1999Beech Cottage, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB
Received 19 Apr 1999Cuckoo Drift, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5QE
Received 16 Apr 1999Clovelly, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LP
Received 16 Apr 1999Briars, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RH
Received 16 Apr 19995 Blackbird Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PY
Received 16 Apr 1999Meadway, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5TY
Received 19 Apr 1999Church Farm Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SQ
Received 16 Apr 1999Telecommunication Mast Avn 0057, Binces Lodge Lane, Midsomer Norton,
Received 19 Apr 1999Limpley Crest, Midford Lane, Limpley Stoke, Bath, BA2 7GW
Received 20 Apr 19997 Lilac Court, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RR
Received 20 Apr 1999Greenvale Cottage, Mill Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EH
Received 20 Apr 1999Monkton Combe School, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HG
Received 19 Apr 1999Bathford Paper Mill, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QG
Received 19 Apr 1999West Barn, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AH
Received 19 Apr 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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