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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
71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Black Lion Public House, 42 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 27 Jun 199729 Westfield Industrial Estate, First Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BS
Received 27 Jun 19979 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RY
Received 27 Jun 1997Parcel 1136, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 16 Jun 1997Parcel 1136, Ashton Hill, Corston, Bath,
Received 16 Jun 19977 Monger Cottages, Monger Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SJ
Received 30 Jun 1997101 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QE
Received 30 Jun 19979 Haydon Gate, Radstock, BA3 3RB
Received 30 Jun 1997Hunstrete House Hotel, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NS
Received 2 Jul 199734A Hazel Grove, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BT
Received 2 Jul 1997Binhams, Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PB
Received 2 Jul 1997The Orchard, Gibbet Lane, Bristol, BS14 0BX
Received 30 Jun 1997Hart Lane Cottage, Harts Lane, High Littleton, BS39 6EA
Received 30 Jun 1997Street Record, Pit Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 30 Jun 19972 North Hill Cottages, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BB
Received 2 Jul 1997Street Record, Barn Lane, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 2 Jul 1997Murco Service Station, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TG
Received 3 Jul 1997Sun Flower Days Nursery School, St Peter's Park, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3XU
Received 3 Jul 1997Wellow Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QR
Received 3 Jul 1997Wilmar, 3 Tower View, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8PU
Received 3 Jul 19979 Dovers Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SU
Received 3 Jul 1997West End House, West Harptree, Bristol
Received 19 Jun 1997West End House, West Harptree, Bristol
Received 19 Jun 1997Mendip View, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BJ
Received 4 Jul 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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