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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
71,460 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stockwood Vale Golf Club, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS31 2ER
Received 31 Jul 1996Meadow Dene, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 0DZ
Received 31 Jul 1996West Wing, Southstoke House, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, BA2 7DJ
Received 31 Jul 1996Harford House, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 1 Aug 199631 Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HQ
Received 31 Jul 199627 Tunbridge Close, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SU
Received 31 Jul 199618 Goldney Way, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DU
Received 31 Jul 1996The Grange, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 31 Jul 1996Benchers, Highfield Lane, Compton Martin, BS40 6JL
Received 31 Jul 1996Land West Of Wheelers Road, Wheelers Road, Midsomer Norton,
Received 31 Jul 1996Parcel 0069, Church Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 1 Aug 199622 Innox Grove, Englishcombe, Bath, BA2 9DX
Received 5 Aug 199627 Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6SA
Received 5 Aug 1996Flat 10, Coombend House, Coombend, Radstock, BA3 3AH
Received 1 Aug 1996Parcel 7722, Wells Road, Dundry, Bristol, North Somerset
Received 2 Aug 1996Dickies (uk) Ltd, Second Avenue, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BH
Received 5 Aug 1996Winterfield Inn, Salisbury Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RJ
Received 5 Aug 19968 St Ladoc Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DR
Received 11 Jul 1996Saltford Golf Club, Golf Club Lane, Saltford, BS31 3AA
Received 2 Aug 19963 St Mary's Rise, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3PD
Received 5 Aug 1996Bridge Over Former Railway, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 2 Aug 199626 Smallcombe Road, Radstock, BA3 3EA
Received 6 Aug 1996Eastwood Manor Stud, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 5 Aug 1996Priory Lodge, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, BS39 4LA
Received 2 Aug 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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