PublicAccess for Planning is our online internet service that provides details of current planning applications. You can:-

• follow the progress of an application
• view associated plans and documents, including officer's report and decision notice
• make comments on an application
• search a weekly list of applications and decisions
• see if appeals have been lodged and any decisions made
• see recent planning history, property details, including maps and constraints
• search enforcement cases

Using PublicAccess

Please read the limitations of PublicAccess below, then select the following link to use the service.

I have read the limitations and conditions of use below - go to PublicAccess

Limitations of this service

• Under normal circumstances plans and documents associated with new planning applications can be viewed within 5 working days of validation of the application. If none is displayed at the time, you can try a few days later. Alternatively you can view the application and associated documents at Brunel House, St George’s Road during normal office hours.
• Associated plans and documents will only be available for applications received after 1st August 2005.
• For practical reasons, not all documents can be displayed, although these will continue to be available at Brunel House as usual.
• If for any reason PublicAccess is unavailable, you can view and download associated documents via UK Planning.
• The online planning history contained within the site at present is incomplete and must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal “Land Charge Search”. No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from PublicAccess.
• Similarly the information contained within PublicAccess does not constitute in any way a formal notification of a planning decision, and as such any actions taken as a result of information displayed on the site are undertaken entirely at the viewer’s own risk.
• The department has not yet had time to check the accuracy of all the site boundaries back to 1947. If an obvious error is found, please contact us and it will be corrected as quickly as possible.

Viewing PublicAccess in your web browser

• PublicAccess is best viewed with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, other web browsers may not support all of its functionality.
• If you are using Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher and the application does not appear to work as expected, please check your browser options.
• PublicAccess uses pop-up windows to provide help and results. Windows XP service pack 2 has added a pop-up blocker tool to Internet Explorer. You will need to adjust your default pop-up settings to use the full functionality of PublicAccess (see Tools - Internet Options - Privacy).

Please note that files sizes can be large and may take a while to download.

Conditions of use

Plans, drawings and material submitted to the council are protected by the Copyright Acts (Section 47, 1988 Act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

Contact us

We would welcome your views on this service, how easy it is to use, what further information you would like to see.

If you have any comments, or queries please email customerservices.ptsd@bristol.gov.uk or telephone 0117 922 3097.