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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1, Royal Oak Cottages, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol
Received 25 Jan 1999Dudden House, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7NX
Received 26 Jan 19998A Littleton Mill, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8HJ
Received 26 Jan 1999Stonesgate, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EP
Received 25 Jan 1999Howgrove Cottage, Howgrove Hill Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7UY
Received 27 Jan 1999Hareclive Garage 36 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BQ
Received 27 Jan 1999Street Record, St Julien's Close, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 27 Jan 1999Unit 30-35, Haydon Industrial Estate, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RD
Received 28 Jan 1999Brunels Tunnel House Hotel, Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BF
Received 27 Jan 1999Brunels Tunnel House Hotel, Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BF
Received 27 Jan 1999Willow Farm Mobile Home, Flatts Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 28 Jan 199957 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 28 Jan 199972 Ashgrove, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EF
Received 28 Jan 1999Gerardene House, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QJ
Received 1 Feb 19991 Staunton Way, Bristol, BS14 0TU
Received 29 Jan 1999Rectory Farm, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TZ
Received 2 Feb 1999Somerset Coal Canal Brassknocker Basin, Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 1 Feb 1999Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 1 Feb 19996 Somer Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SB
Received 2 Feb 19996 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PW
Received 2 Feb 1999Compton House, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UB
Received 2 Feb 1999Guss & Crook, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LD
Received 2 Feb 1999Proposed Public Open Space, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath,
Received 2 Feb 1999Old Station House, Station Road, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WQ
Received 1 Feb 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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