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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Hillside, Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SQ
Received 6 Mar 19971 Northwick Gardens, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5XS
Received 10 Mar 1997Agricultural Buildings And Yard, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AE
Received 7 Mar 19973 Mendip Cottages, Smithams Hill, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BZ
Received 6 Mar 199714 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LR
Received 10 Mar 1997Warleigh Lodge Farm, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8ED
Received 6 Mar 199749 Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AB
Received 10 Mar 199724 Handel Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1BT
Received 10 Mar 1997St Anthonys, 12 Welton Road, Radstock, BA3 3UA
Received 10 Mar 1997St Anthonys, 12 Welton Road, Radstock, BA3 3UA
Received 10 Mar 1997The Beeches, 9 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PR
Received 10 Mar 1997The Beeches, 9 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PR
Received 10 Mar 1997Land Adj To, Rose & Crown Cottage, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SN
Received 10 Mar 1997Hinton Field Cottage, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath
Received 7 Mar 1997Barton Springs, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AH
Received 11 Mar 199716 Uplands Drive, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JH
Received 11 Mar 19973 Underhill Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SE
Received 13 Mar 199713 Hillside Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PN
Received 14 Mar 199711 Sunnymead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TA
Received 17 Mar 199739 Somerset Way, Paulton, BS39 7YX
Received 17 Mar 1997The Palladium, High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 17 Mar 1997Parcel 8593, Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Mar 1997Barnbey Court, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, BA2 9AQ
Received 14 Mar 19973 Lansdown Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4LS
Received 14 Mar 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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