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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Tower House, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BG
Received 1 Feb 1999Sawyers Mill, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol
Received 29 Jan 1999Homewood Farm, Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath
Received 2 Feb 1999201 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 2 Feb 199919 Mendip Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SY
Received 2 Feb 1999Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TS
Received 4 Feb 1999Wallace, Wallace Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BU
Received 3 Feb 1999Tunbridge House, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SX
Received 3 Feb 1999Tuckingmill Cottage, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LF
Received 3 Feb 1999Cameley Lodge, Cameley, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AH
Received 4 Feb 1999The School House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 4 Feb 1999The Teasel Barn, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 4 Feb 1999Lotts Cottage, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6LB
Received 4 Feb 1999Tarnwell House, Tarnwell, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EE
Received 4 Feb 1999Temple Primary School(Junior Site), Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1EB
Received 13 Jan 1999Ford Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QT
Received 4 Feb 1999Court Essington, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BX
Received 4 Feb 1999Brumana, White Cross, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 5ER
Received 5 Feb 1999Rosewell Country Home, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
Received 5 Feb 1999Five Acres, Bath Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3HE
Received 8 Feb 1999Greenfield, Blackrock Lane, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JB
Received 8 Feb 19997 Vernon Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AX
Received 8 Feb 1999Boots The Chemist Limited, 40 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DX
Received 8 Feb 1999Boots The Chemist Limited, 40 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DX
Received 8 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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