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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
71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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The Old Surgery, St Chads Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HG
Received 20 May 1996Avon House, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
Received 20 May 1996Lynwood, Grove Wood Road, Haydon, Radstock, BA3 3QY
Received 20 May 19964 St Mary's Rise, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3PD
Received 20 May 1996Stonecrest House, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YA
Received 20 May 1996Challiscombe, Pipehouse, Freshford, BA2 7UJ
Received 14 May 199611 Chapel Row, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TQ
Received 21 May 1996Long Acre, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TY
Received 21 May 1996Parklands, Chelwood, Bristol, BS18 4NH
Received 21 May 1996High View, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JQ
Received 21 May 199636 Birch Road, Radstock, BA3 3TP
Received 22 May 1996Coates Electrographics Ltd, Norton Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4RT
Received 21 May 19961 Chapel Field, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8TX
Received 22 May 1996Yew Tree Cottage, Stowey, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4DW
Received 22 May 1996Malthouse Barn East, Main Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NN
Received 22 May 1996The Old Bakehouse, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 4BQ
Received 21 May 199627 Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DN
Received 22 May 1996Eastwood Manor Stud, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 23 May 19961 Manor Yard, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Received 23 May 19962 Lincombe Road, Radstock, BA3 3YJ
Received 24 May 19967 Roman Way, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7XB
Received 23 May 1996Paulton Swimming Baths, Plumptre Close, Paulton, BS39 7QY
Received 24 May 1996Valley View, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YA
Received 28 May 1996The Old Rectory, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AP
Received 29 May 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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