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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Ashton Hill, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AR
Received 29 Jan 1997Former Agricultural Building, Warminster Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath,
Received 30 Jan 1997The Crown, 500 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS39 5BS
Received 30 Jan 19977 Millfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PG
Received 31 Jan 19972 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HZ
Received 3 Feb 1997Monkton Combe School, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HG
Received 3 Feb 1997Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TE
Received 31 Jan 1997Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, BS39 5TE
Received 31 Jan 1997Dormers, Stowey Bottom, Stowey, BS39 5TL
Received 3 Feb 1997The Manor, Queen Charlton Lane, Bristol
Received 3 Feb 1997Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 31 Jan 1997Parcel 0059, Hallatrow Hill, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 3 Feb 19979 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, BS31 2UH
Received 31 Jan 1997Mount Pleasant Quarry, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HD
Received 31 Jan 1997Stowey Quarry, Stowey Road, Stowey, Bristol,
Received 23 Jan 1997Howgrove Cottage, Howgrove Hill Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, BS40 7UY
Received 31 Jan 1997Football Ground, Hursley Lane, Publow, BS14 0QY
Received 29 Jan 1997Football Ground, Hursley Lane, Publow, BS14 0QY
Received 31 Jan 19975 Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6SH
Received 3 Feb 1997Charnwood, Westwood Avenue, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6XY
Received 4 Feb 1997Sutton Court, Sutton Court Access Road, Stowey, BS39 4DN
Received 5 Feb 1997Compton Green Farm, The Green, Compton Dando, BS39 4LE
Received 5 Feb 1997New Bungalow, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BH
Received 6 Feb 1997Mandalay Cottage, Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath
Received 4 Feb 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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