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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
71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 21 Jan 19992 Trent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QD
Received 20 Jan 1999Arum House, High Street, Priston, BA2 9EE
Received 20 Jan 199920 Somerset Folly, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HD
Received 20 Jan 199988 Lays Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2LE
Received 20 Jan 1999Little Orchard, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0ER
Received 21 Jan 199916 Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6SA
Received 21 Jan 199934A Hazel Grove, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BT
Received 21 Jan 19996A New Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JH
Received 21 Jan 1999Knights Folly Farm, Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 20 Jan 1999Land At, The Grange, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 6EG
Received 21 Jan 1999Westbury Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BE
Received 22 Jan 1999476 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 22 Jan 199948 Beaufort Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TG
Received 22 Jan 1999Priory Cottage, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DW
Received 22 Jan 19995 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 25 Jan 199924A Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PH
Received 25 Jan 19991-2 Waldegrave Forecourt, Market Place, Radstock, BA3 3AD
Received 25 Jan 1999Firleaze, 4 Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 25 Jan 1999Court Farm, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 25 Jan 1999West End Farm, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol
Received 25 Jan 199956 Birch Road, Radstock, BA3 3TP
Received 25 Jan 1999Holly House, 16 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 25 Jan 1999Holly House, 16 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 25 Jan 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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