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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71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Home Farm, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SW
Received 13 Nov 1996Manor Farm Cottage, North Wick, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS41 8NP
Received 14 Nov 199667A Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RU
Received 13 Nov 1996Street Record, Access Road To Paglinch Farm, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 13 Nov 199628 Naishes Avenue, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8TW
Received 13 Nov 1996Waterside, Springfield Place, Radstock, BA3 3BG
Received 15 Nov 1996123 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 19 Nov 199676 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DT
Received 19 Nov 1996Castle Farm, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PU
Received 19 Nov 1996Land Between 36 And 40, Bristol Road, Keynsham,
Received 19 Nov 1996Parade Park Hotel, 8 - 10 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 20 Nov 19969 Lincombe Road, Radstock, BA3 3YJ
Received 20 Nov 1996South Wind, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol
Received 21 Nov 1996Site Of Former Cattle Market, Rush Hill, Farrington Gurney, Bristol,
Received 21 Nov 199621 Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 21 Nov 1996Part Of Former Somerset & Dorset Railway Line, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath,
Received 20 Nov 19962 North Hill Cottages, Dunkerton, Bath, BA2 8BB
Received 20 Nov 1996Street Record, Ozenhay, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Nov 1996Brook Lodge, Bull's Hill, Wellow, BA2 8QS
Received 26 Nov 1996Brook Lodge, Bull's Hill, Wellow, BA2 8QS
Received 26 Nov 1996The Glebe House, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EH
Received 26 Nov 1996Lime Kiln Farm, Charlton Road, Queen Charlton, Bath, Bristol, BS31 2TW
Received 25 Nov 199613 Eckweek Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EJ
Received 27 Nov 19968 Carlingcott, Carlingcott, BA2 8AR
Received 27 Nov 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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