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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Coach House, Burnett, Bristol, BS31 2TF
Received 29 Sept 1999The Old Forge, Bath Road, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Sept 1999Parcel 2100, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, Bath,
Received 28 Sept 199910 Culvers Road, Keynsham, BS31 2DW
Received 24 Sept 1999Green Pastures, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JE
Received 27 Sept 1999Shortcombe Barn Cottage, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ES
Received 30 Sept 1999Little Vale, Paulton Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 6EG
Received 30 Sept 1999476 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 27 Sept 1999Conygre Farm, St Clements Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1BA
Received 29 Sept 1999STREET RECORD, Radstock To Frome Cyclepath, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Sept 1999Land Adj To , 24 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AG
Received 1 Oct 1999Land To The Rear Of 88, Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2EU
Received 30 Sept 19998 Barnfield Way, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7PW
Received 30 Sept 1999Lower Barn, Tuggy's Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SL
Received 1 Oct 19991 Maesbury Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JR
Received 27 Sept 199912 Ashgrove, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EB
Received 28 Sept 199919 Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NX
Received 30 Sept 19995 Downsway, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7XE
Received 30 Sept 1999Greenways, Blackmoor, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UL
Received 4 Oct 199911 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, BS31 3BG
Received 4 Oct 1999Keynsham Railway Station, Station Road, Keynsham, BS31 2BN
Received 23 Sept 1999Paulton Pre-School Playgroup, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LW
Received 4 Oct 1999205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 4 Oct 19991 Russell Cottages, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DS
Received 4 Oct 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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