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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
71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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12 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DQ
Received 9 Sept 1997Stothert & Pitt Recreation Ground, Bristol Road, Corston, BA2 9AE
Received 10 Sept 1997Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 10 Sept 199712 Tunbridge Close, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SU
Received 10 Sept 199725 Vivien Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2EQ
Received 10 Sept 19974 Duchy Cottages, Ham Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TN
Received 10 Sept 1997Staunton House, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QG
Received 10 Sept 1997North View, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LW
Received 11 Sept 19971 Lower Batch, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RP
Received 12 Sept 199728 Furlong Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PR
Received 12 Sept 19977 Linnet Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PQ
Received 15 Sept 1997231 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 15 Sept 19971 St Georges Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RN
Received 15 Sept 199729 Oakfield Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JH
Received 12 Sept 1997Chapel Cottage, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BS
Received 11 Sept 1997Holly Court Arcade, 119 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 15 Sept 1997Midland Bank Plc, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 15 Sept 1997First Field, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 8RD
Received 11 Sept 1997Midford Aqueduct, Midford, Bath
Received 11 Sept 1997Greyfield Farm House, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol
Received 16 Sept 1997Stoweylands, Main Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TP
Received 16 Sept 199714 Tyning Hill, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3ET
Received 16 Sept 199765 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QE
Received 15 Sept 199712 Haydon Hill, Radstock, BA3 3QX
Received 16 Sept 1997Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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