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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
109 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BP
Received 4 Apr 1997Street Record, Footpath St Chad's Well, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 4 Apr 19971 Wellow Mead, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SA
Received 4 Apr 1997Shortcombe Barn, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol
Received 4 Apr 1997Highfield House, Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EE
Received 7 Apr 1997The Green House, Millards Hill, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BW
Received 7 Apr 1997Chew Court, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RE
Received 7 Apr 1997Woodmead, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 8 Apr 1997Leo's Superstore, Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1ST
Received 8 Apr 1997Castle Farm-Barn Only, Midford Road, Midford, BA2 7BU
Received 7 Apr 19975 Glanville Drive, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5GF
Received 7 Apr 199725 Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JD
Received 8 Apr 199717 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BY
Received 9 Apr 199715 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BY
Received 9 Apr 199713 Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, BS39 4EX
Received 9 Apr 199780 - 81 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DE
Received 9 Apr 19971 Eastwoods, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QF
Received 9 Apr 199751 First Avenue, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4BS
Received 9 Apr 1997Hadleigh, The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4DT
Received 9 Apr 1997Swinbrook Farm, 77 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EJ
Received 9 Apr 1997Cherry Cottage, 38-40 Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 9 Apr 1997Parcel 3827, Crocombe Lane, Timsbury, Bath,
Received 9 Apr 1997Moorleaze, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
Received 10 Apr 19973 Chapel Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XD
Received 11 Apr 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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