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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
71,444 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
143A Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JA
Received 26 Apr 199918 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 26 Apr 1999Queen Charlton Village Hall, Queen Charlton, Bristol, BS31 2SQ
Received 23 Apr 199939 Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BZ
Received 27 Apr 199966 Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AB
Received 22 Apr 1999Avon Accident Auto Repair Garage, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QL
Received 27 Apr 1999Buckland Court, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QJ
Received 27 Apr 1999Dumpers Farm, Dumpers Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS18 8SS
Received 28 Apr 1999The Dairy Block Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath
Received 27 Apr 1999Cotte Farm, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 27 Apr 1999New Building At, Bungalow Farm, Upper Weston, Bath
Received 23 Apr 199924 Maple Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2SB
Received 27 Apr 199926 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HZ
Received 27 Apr 1999Little Bob, Wells Road, Corston, Bath
Received 27 Apr 1999Lower Car Park, Frys Social Club, Cross Street, Keynsham, BS31 2AU
Received 27 Apr 1999Crossways Manor (Titfield Thunderbolt Ltd), Crossways Lane, Dunkerton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BU
Received 21 Apr 1999Crossways Manor (Titfield Thunderbolt Ltd), Crossways Lane, Dunkerton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BU
Received 21 Apr 199921 Wellow Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JQ
Received 29 Apr 1999Mill Lodge, The Shallows, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EX
Received 29 Apr 1999Alan Auto, Timsbury Industrial Estate, Timsbury, BA2 0HQ
Received 30 Apr 1999Chroyle, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BH
Received 30 Apr 199920 Hope Place, Tennis Court Road, Paulton, BS39 7LT
Received 29 Apr 1999Druid View, Stanton Road, Stanton Drew, BS39 4ES
Received 29 Apr 1999Parsons Newsagency, 2 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HQ
Received 29 Apr 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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