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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
71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alan Bush Installations Ltd, 22 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AN
Received 25 Jul 1997The Clock Tower, Church Lane, East Harptree, BS40 6BD
Received 25 Jul 1997New Pit House, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PS
Received 28 Jul 19972 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BG
Received 28 Jul 1997Atcombe, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BU
Received 28 Jul 19976 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JN
Received 29 Jul 199772 Holcombe Vale, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UX
Received 29 Jul 1997Norton Radstock College, Ellsbridge House, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TL
Received 29 Jul 199711 Wellow Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SY
Received 25 Jul 1997Street Record, Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 29 Jul 1997Church Farm Barn, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EX
Received 28 Jul 1997Church Farm Barn, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EX
Received 28 Jul 1997Longreach, 321 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3TJ
Received 30 Jul 1997Sleepy Hollow, Pitway Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TX
Received 30 Jul 1997Horseworld Home Of Rest, Keynes Farm, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QL
Received 30 Jul 1997Vicarage Cottage, Stowey, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TH
Received 29 Jul 1997Norton Transport Unit, Unit 28, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BB
Received 30 Jul 199710 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 29 Jul 1997The Old Inn Guest House, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BY
Received 30 Jul 1997Stoke Hill House, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XF
Received 1 Aug 1997Grove Cottage, Cockers Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JX
Received 31 Jul 1997Bannerdown View Farm, Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TS
Received 1 Aug 1997Street Record, Chapel Field, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 1 Aug 1997Yew Tree Farm, School Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UY
Received 1 Aug 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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