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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71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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19 Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2NB
Received 24 Sept 1996Sandybank Cottage, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EX
Received 24 Sept 1996Paulton Memorial Hospital, Salisbury Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SB
Received 25 Sept 1996The Annexe Cortina, Duchy Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DQ
Received 25 Sept 1996Plot H, Third Avenue, Westfield, Radstock,
Received 25 Sept 199661 Rag Hill, Shoscombe, BA2 8LS
Received 25 Sept 1996Tiddlers Nursery, 480 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 25 Sept 1996439 Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3AZ
Received 25 Sept 1996Beacon View, Huddox Hill, Peasedown St. John, Bath, BA2 8EA
Received 26 Sept 1996Ashlar Grange, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SW
Received 27 Sept 1996Ashlar Grange, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SW
Received 27 Sept 1996Whitchurch Post Office, 101 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PS
Received 27 Sept 1996Mill House Stables, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LA
Received 27 Sept 1996Mill House Stables, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LA
Received 27 Sept 1996Laburnum Cottage 3 Laburnum Terrace, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7DY
Received 27 Sept 1996Harford House, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 30 Sept 1996Elm Farm, Old Burnett Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TF
Received 30 Sept 199641 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PS
Received 30 Sept 1996Designer Composites, Fosseway, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BB
Received 25 Sept 199684 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
Received 30 Sept 199647 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SZ
Received 30 Sept 1996Shoscombe Ce Va Primary School, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, BA2 8NB
Received 30 Sept 1996Lyons Vending Group Services, Pixash Business Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TP
Received 1 Oct 1996Forge House, The Barton, Corston, BA2 9AJ
Received 30 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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