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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
71,442 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Chapel House, Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 8 Jul 1999Laburnum Cottage, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TY
Received 7 Jul 1999Hillside, The Sidelings, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PF
Received 7 Jul 1999Stoneleigh, Crock Barton, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JP
Received 9 Jul 1999Orchard, Mill Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EN
Received 9 Jul 19998 Stratton Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BS
Received 9 Jul 1999Manor Farm Nursery, Manor Road, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3NA
Received 12 Jul 199921 Meadow View, Radstock, BA3 3QT
Received 12 Jul 1999The Watermill Priston Mill, Mill Lane, Priston, BA2 9EQ
Received 12 Jul 19997 Parkway, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0NP
Received 12 Jul 199929 Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EQ
Received 13 Jul 1999Orchard Cottage, 20 High Street, Priston, BA2 9ED
Received 12 Jul 1999Tree Tops Cafe And Petrol Filling Station, Gloucester Road, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AD
Received 12 Jul 1999Tree Tops Cafe And Petrol Filling Station, Gloucester Road, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AD
Received 12 Jul 1999Hillgrove, The Croft, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HQ
Received 12 Jul 1999Willow Lodge, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, BS40 8YA
Received 12 Jul 1999New Barn Farmhouse, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BU
Received 13 Jul 1999New Barn Farmhouse, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BU
Received 13 Jul 19994 Chew Vale, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SU
Received 14 Jul 1999Pows Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol
Received 14 Jul 19991 Woodborough Hill Cottages, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LN
Received 14 Jul 199949 Lytes Cary Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XL
Received 14 Jul 1999Top Cottage, Tadwick, Bath, BA1 8AH
Received 14 Jul 199915 Oldbridge Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0TP
Received 15 Jul 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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