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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
71,443 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Downsway, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7XE
Received 10 Jun 1999Rose Cottage, Midford, Bath, BA2 7DD
Received 10 Jun 1999Holly House, 16 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 10 Jun 1999Holly House, 16 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 10 Jun 1999Hillcrest, 144 Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5SB
Received 11 Jun 1999Little Orchard, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HG
Received 10 Jun 1999Iford Manor, Iford Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA15 2BA
Received 14 Jun 1999Clovermead, Boxbury Hill, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SN
Received 14 Jun 1999Clandown Junior VC School, Chapel Road, Clandown, Radstock, BA3 3BR
Received 14 Jun 199993 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PS
Received 14 Jun 1999Old Bittern Barn, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HQ
Received 14 Jun 1999Demolished Polestar Purnell Factory Site, Access Road To Works, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LQ
Received 14 Jun 1999Drings Of Bath Ltd, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2UG
Received 14 Jun 1999Keynsham Cemetery, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AF
Received 14 Jun 1999Fosse Cottage, Fosse Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UZ
Received 16 Jun 1999Churchgate House, Church Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TU
Received 16 Jun 1999Tithe Cottage, Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AS
Received 16 Jun 19997 Bridge Close, Bristol, BS14 0TS
Received 16 Jun 1999143 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JA
Received 16 Jun 1999Stables, Butcombe Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, BS40 7XE
Received 16 Jun 1999The New Inn, 90 Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HN
Received 17 Jun 199937 Fir Tree Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SQ
Received 18 Jun 199920 Phillis Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SW
Received 18 Jun 1999Rectory Cottage, The Street, Ubley, Bristol
Received 18 Jun 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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