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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
60,596 approved · 8,282 refused · 5,602 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 2001 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Midsomer Norton Town Council, Town Hall, The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 25 Apr 2023Parcel 4823, Old Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Apr 202337 Welton Vale, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BG
Received 25 Apr 202367 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 25 Apr 2023Strathmore, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QL
Received 25 Apr 202345 Garrick Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QX
Received 25 Apr 2023Hillview Lodge, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 25 Apr 202323 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RW
Received 25 Apr 2023Beechlands , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 25 Apr 20238 Alder Way, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DU
Received 25 Apr 20239 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 25 Apr 202386 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LN
Received 26 Apr 2023Corbiere, Morley Terrace, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HU
Received 26 Apr 2023The Longstall , Bath Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 26 Apr 2023King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 26 Apr 202310 Lambridge Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RX
Received 26 Apr 2023Hinton Farm , 5 High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SW
Received 26 Apr 20232 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NP
Received 26 Apr 202343 West Hill Gardens, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3SJ
Received 26 Apr 20236 Squire Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PP
Received 26 Apr 2023The Whisky Shop, 9 - 10 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AQ
Received 26 Apr 2023Site Of Old Colliery, Fry's Bottom, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Apr 202313 Meadow View, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QT
Received 26 Apr 2023Flat 2, 18 Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BE
Received 26 Apr 2023Records 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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