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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71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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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Redlands, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3SB
Received 1 Oct 199613 The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4DT
Received 1 Oct 19962 Phillis Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SW
Received 1 Oct 1996Breach Hill Farm Keedwell, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YD
Received 1 Oct 199653 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DQ
Received 2 Oct 199637 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LR
Received 1 Oct 1996Charlcombe Grove Farm, Access Road To Ravenswell House, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BQ
Received 2 Oct 1996The Hermitage, Sharpstone, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UA
Received 2 Oct 1996The Hermitage, Sharpstone, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UA
Received 2 Oct 19962 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HG
Received 2 Oct 1996Parcel 6030, Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath,
Received 2 Oct 1996The Stables Sutton Court, Sutton Court Access Road, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DN
Received 2 Oct 1996205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 1 Oct 1996Land Parcel 0024, Splott Villas, Carlingcott, BA2 8AT
Received 1 Oct 1996Norton Radstock College, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RW
Received 3 Oct 1996Meadows, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AW
Received 3 Oct 19969 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 2 Oct 199645 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DL
Received 4 Oct 1996Twyford Cottage, Upper Stanton, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EG
Received 4 Oct 1996Bridge View, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QF
Received 7 Oct 1996Savoy Rooms, 112A High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 7 Oct 1996Harptree House, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AA
Received 7 Oct 1996Agricultural Building In Parcel 3974, Flatts Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 8 Oct 1996Ladymeade, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XG
Received 7 Oct 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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