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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
71,458 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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22 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JJ
Received 20 May 19976 Linnet Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PQ
Received 21 May 1997Temple Inn, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DA
Received 21 May 1997Scout & Community Hall, Tennis Court Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LU
Received 21 May 19972 Pines Way, Radstock, BA3 3EZ
Received 21 May 19973 Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JB
Received 21 May 1997Highgate, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
Received 20 May 1997Green Farm Cottage, The Green, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BA
Received 15 May 1997Stroud Farm, Cock Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7TQ
Received 16 May 1997Kingwell Garage, Anglesea House, New Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0HJ
Received 22 May 1997The Orchard, 80 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TG
Received 22 May 1997The Orchard, 80 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TG
Received 22 May 1997100 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QE
Received 22 May 199720 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 22 May 199720 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 22 May 1997Kildorrery, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DJ
Received 22 May 199772 Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AR
Received 21 May 1997The Village Hall, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PW
Received 27 May 199725 Coombend, Radstock
Received 22 May 199722 Chaucer Road, Radstock, BA3 3YX
Received 27 May 19975 Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BE
Received 23 May 1997Wellsway Inn, Harptree Hill, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EJ
Received 27 May 1997Hentley Brake, Northstoke, Bath, BA1 9AS
Received 27 May 19977 Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NN
Received 28 May 1997Records 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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