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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
71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Linnet Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PQ
Received 9 Sept 199626 Lytes Cary Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XD
Received 10 Sept 1996Radstock Working Mens Club, Radstock House, The Street, Radstock, BA3 3PR
Received 10 Sept 1996Railway Bungalow, Bristol Road, Pensford, BS39 4JQ
Received 10 Sept 199619 The Brambles, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TT
Received 10 Sept 199629 Westfield Industrial Estate, First Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BS
Received 10 Sept 1996Ranford House, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DF
Received 9 Sept 199653 Thicketmead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2ST
Received 9 Sept 1996Orchard Hill, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AN
Received 11 Sept 19961 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 11 Sept 1996West Harptree Nursery, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HG
Received 11 Sept 1996Upper Barn, Bath Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SD
Received 11 Sept 1996Clutton Airfield, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QL
Received 11 Sept 1996125 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BP
Received 12 Sept 19966 The Dring, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3SF
Received 12 Sept 199631 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6XD
Received 10 Sept 19962 The Crescent, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RH
Received 12 Sept 1996Greenway House, Litton Lane, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AY
Received 12 Sept 199617 Station Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AZ
Received 12 Sept 19961-6 The Maltings, Midford Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7DE
Received 12 Sept 19961-6 The Maltings, Midford Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7DE
Received 13 Sept 1996Whisty Community Hall, Walnut Buildings, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JL
Received 13 Sept 19969 Holly Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TU
Received 12 Sept 199610 Orwell Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QB
Received 12 Sept 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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