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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Brewery Cottage, Pack Horse Lane, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DL
Received 8 Feb 1999Brewery Cottage, Pack Horse Lane, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DL
Received 8 Feb 1999Dry Arch Villa, Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6XH
Received 5 Feb 1999Greenfields, 18 Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AP
Received 5 Feb 199917 Beaufort Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TG
Received 5 Feb 199916 Morris Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 5 Feb 199912 Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DL
Received 8 Feb 1999Old Shires, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, BS39 4EX
Received 9 Feb 1999The Chestnuts, Norton Hawkfield, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4HB
Received 9 Feb 1999Box Road Gardens, Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7LR
Received 8 Feb 1999Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 8 Feb 19991 Hayboro Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7TB
Received 8 Feb 1999Lime Kiln Farm,, Formerly Known As , The Bungalow, Radford Hill, Timsbury, BA2 0QQ
Received 9 Feb 1999Little Gables, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PX
Received 9 Feb 1999Court Farm, Cameley, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AH
Received 10 Feb 19991 Oak Terrace, Radstock, BA3 3SL
Received 11 Feb 1999Old Rectory, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TT
Received 12 Feb 1999Woodford Lodge, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XH
Received 15 Feb 1999Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 15 Feb 1999The Bungalow, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 4LJ
Received 10 Feb 199917 Mells Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XJ
Received 12 Feb 199921 Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UB
Received 15 Feb 199935 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QH
Received 15 Feb 199913 Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, BS39 4EX
Received 16 Feb 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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