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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
71,462 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Whitchurch Primary School, 22 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 11 Jun 1996St Julian's Primary School, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8QS
Received 11 Jun 1996Rivendell, Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HD
Received 12 Jun 1996Fishers Lodge, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, BS40 8SX
Received 13 Jun 1996Rose Terrace, Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS18 8RG
Received 12 Jun 1996Parcel 8067, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 12 Jun 19965 Waterside Way, Radstock, BA3 3YG
Received 17 Jun 19963 Fern Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2EA
Received 17 Jun 1996Eastwick Farm, 3400 Stanton Wick, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BX
Received 17 Jun 1996Manor Farm Barns, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol
Received 17 Jun 1996Whispers, Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HU
Received 18 Jun 199624 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DB
Received 18 Jun 1996The Granary, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 18 Jun 19962/3, Willow Cottages, The Shallows, Bristol, BS31 3EX
Received 10 Jun 1996Withy Mills Farm, Withy Mills, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PT
Received 11 Jun 19962 Fortescue Road, Radstock, BA3 3PH
Received 12 Jun 1996Rocklands, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LP
Received 14 Jun 19967 Phillis Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SW
Received 14 Jun 1996Woodbine Cottage, 42 High Street, Chew Magna, BS40 8PW
Received 18 Jun 19966 Wheathill Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HL
Received 19 Jun 1996Prattens Sports And Social Club, Charlton Lane, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4BD
Received 19 Jun 199663 Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3ER
Received 19 Jun 199661 Thicket Mead, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2SL
Received 19 Jun 1996215 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 19 Jun 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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