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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
71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holmlea, Langfords Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HN
Received 24 Oct 1996The Bakery, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD
Received 24 Oct 1996Bannerdown View Farm, Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TS
Received 22 Oct 1996Rookery Cottage, Norton Malreward, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4EX
Received 17 Oct 1996The Royal British Legion, Newmans Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0JA
Received 23 Oct 19963 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RY
Received 21 Oct 199619 Rock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA2 2AQ
Received 16 Oct 1996Radstock Road Depot, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AA
Received 21 Oct 1996Coates Electrographics Ltd, Norton Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4RT
Received 25 Oct 19969 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 25 Oct 1996Lodge Farm, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8HA
Received 24 Oct 1996Thyme Cottage, Lansdown, Bath
Received 24 Oct 19963 Bendalls Bridge, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SJ
Received 25 Oct 1996Masonic Hall, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1SR
Received 24 Oct 199656 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DB
Received 24 Oct 1996Swinbrook Farm, 77 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EJ
Received 28 Oct 1996American Museum In Britain, Claverton Manor, Claverton Hill, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BD
Received 28 Oct 1996160 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 3BN
Received 28 Oct 199618 Fern Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2EA
Received 28 Oct 1996Store Ro 489 Bath Road, Beech Road, Saltford, BS31 3HG
Received 29 Oct 199673 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TF
Received 29 Oct 1996Garages Next To 30, Dragons Hill Court, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 19966 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DX
Received 30 Oct 1996Parcel 0062, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol,
Received 30 Oct 1996Records 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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