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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Primrose Corner, Tennis Court Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LU
Received 20 Oct 1997Horseworld Home Of Rest, For Horses Staunton Manor House Farm, Sleep Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QJ
Received 20 Oct 1997Mai Baan, High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BQ
Received 20 Oct 1997270 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 20 Oct 1997270 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 20 Oct 1997The Shambles, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WF
Received 16 Oct 1997B&NES Riverside Offices, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA
Received 21 Oct 1997Rugby Ground, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HP
Received 21 Oct 199759 Thicketmead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SJ
Received 23 Oct 199774 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QQ
Received 23 Oct 19971 North Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2QB
Received 23 Oct 199748 Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, BA3 3QN
Received 22 Oct 1997Rathkeale, Hursley Hill, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QZ
Received 22 Oct 199771 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6XD
Received 23 Oct 199762 Charlton Road, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AH
Received 22 Oct 1997Hillgrove Barn, Stoneage Lane, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DS
Received 24 Oct 19972 The Orchard, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DS
Received 27 Oct 1997Chew Valley School, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB
Received 27 Oct 199760 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RX
Received 24 Oct 19976 Witney Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DX
Received 27 Oct 1997Broadlands School, St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 2DY
Received 27 Oct 1997Land Between Miller Walk And Simons Close, Miller Walk, Bathampton, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 19972 High Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AR
Received 28 Oct 1997The Linleys, Pack Horse Lane, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DJ
Received 28 Oct 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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