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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
HSBC, 34 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 15 Sept 1997North Hill Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 0EE
Received 17 Sept 199732 Fosseway Gardens, Radstock, BA3 3XW
Received 18 Sept 199710A Welton Grove, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TS
Received 18 Sept 19977 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 18 Sept 199745 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JH
Received 19 Sept 1997Dummy Blpu For Unmatched Dc Cases Within Banes, Trim Street, Bath,
Received 16 Sept 199778A High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DE
Received 19 Sept 1997103 Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TT
Received 22 Sept 1997Applehay, Moorledge Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TL
Received 22 Sept 199715 Holly Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TU
Received 22 Sept 1997The Globe Inn, Pennyquick, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BB
Received 23 Sept 1997Globe Inn, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BB
Received 23 Sept 199734 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AF
Received 22 Sept 199775A North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QE
Received 23 Sept 1997Abbey Farm, Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PS
Received 10 Sept 1997Orchard Hill, The Barton , Corston, Bath
Received 23 Sept 1997The Old Post Office, St Julian Road, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8NB
Received 23 Sept 199710 Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NU
Received 23 Sept 199717 Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PL
Received 23 Sept 1997Castle Farm-Barn Only, Midford Road, Midford, BA2 7BU
Received 23 Sept 1997Whitehaven Nursing Home, Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AU
Received 24 Sept 199737 Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4NL
Received 25 Sept 19971 Bridge Close, Bristol, BS14 0TS
Received 25 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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