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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
71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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18 Martock Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XA
Received 13 Sept 1999Land To The South Of Area P Adjacent To Peasedown St John Bypass, St John's Park, Peasedown St John, Bath
Received 13 Sept 19995 The Square, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QE
Received 15 Sept 1999422 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DH
Received 15 Sept 199915 St Margaret's Close, Keynsham, BS31 2EW
Received 15 Sept 199930 Magdalene Road, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LB
Received 15 Sept 1999Fairash, Harptree Hill, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EQ
Received 15 Sept 199980 Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AR
Received 14 Sept 1999Uplands Farm, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AA
Received 15 Sept 199931 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PW
Received 14 Sept 199946 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PD
Received 15 Sept 1999North Hill House, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RL
Received 14 Sept 199918 Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RH
Received 14 Sept 199959-61 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JQ
Received 15 Sept 1999Rectory Cottage, The Street, Ubley, Bristol
Received 16 Sept 19992 St Johns Crescent, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2EP
Received 15 Sept 199939 Orchard Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QZ
Received 15 Sept 1999The Cottage, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JA
Received 16 Sept 19991 Pinewood Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RE
Received 17 Sept 199910 Willow Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TR
Received 16 Sept 1999Home Farm, White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8PN
Received 16 Sept 19991 Avon Cottages, Avon Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ET
Received 15 Sept 1999Uplands Farm, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AA
Received 16 Sept 1999Winsbury House, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HF
Received 15 Sept 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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