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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71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Sunnymead, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2TA
Received 6 Nov 19961 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6XD
Received 6 Nov 1996The Old School, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RA
Received 7 Nov 1996Carisbrooke, The Down, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DB
Received 7 Nov 1996Was-ahlan, Church Hill, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 5TZ
Received 7 Nov 199625 Charlton Road, Keynsham, BS31 2JF
Received 7 Nov 1996Rowley Stables, Rowley Farm Lane, Combe Hay, BA2 7EF
Received 7 Nov 1996Durley Park House, Durley Park, Keynsham, BS31 2EE
Received 7 Nov 1996Woodview, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6XZ
Received 11 Nov 1996Saltford News Market, 439 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AZ
Received 11 Nov 1996Bay Tree House, The Barton, Corston, BA2 9AJ
Received 11 Nov 1996Merrion, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JP
Received 11 Nov 199613 Ivy Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EE
Received 11 Nov 1996Warwick Arms, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TA
Received 11 Nov 199636 Gregorys Tyning, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PP
Received 12 Nov 1996The Old Printing Works, Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3EP
Received 12 Nov 1996Unit 5-8, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 12 Nov 1996Hillside Cottage, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5TY
Received 12 Nov 19961 Maple Rise, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LH
Received 12 Nov 1996The Cottage, 44 Maple Rise, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LH
Received 12 Nov 199638 Holly Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TU
Received 11 Nov 1996Friary Cottage, Friary Wood Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7UE
Received 12 Nov 1996Village Hall, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8QQ
Received 11 Nov 1996Land Between Greenway And River Somer At Rear Of St Paul's Place, Norton Radstock Greenway, Midsomer Norton,
Received 13 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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