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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
71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Stratford Cottage, Stratford Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HL
Received 17 Apr 1997Scout Headquarters, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath
Received 18 Apr 19976 Beech Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BE
Received 17 Apr 1997The Cottage, 84 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BJ
Received 17 Apr 1997Rosedale, Hazel Terrace, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BG
Received 18 Apr 1997Home Farm, White Ox Mead, Wellow, BA2 8PN
Received 17 Apr 199734A Hazel Grove, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BT
Received 18 Apr 1997Greenway House, Litton Lane, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AY
Received 21 Apr 19972 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QG
Received 21 Apr 1997Old School House, Queen Square, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EL
Received 21 Apr 1997The Patches, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BZ
Received 22 Apr 1997The Patches, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 22 Apr 1997The Patches, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 22 Apr 1997The Patches, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 22 Apr 1997The Patches, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 22 Apr 1997130 New Buildings, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LB
Received 22 Apr 1997Heather Farm, Lansdown Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4NA
Received 21 Apr 1997Heather Farm, Lansdown Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4NA
Received 21 Apr 1997Hillside, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LJ
Received 22 Apr 1997Spring Farm, 36 Carlingcott, Carlingcott,
Received 22 Apr 19974 Staunton Fields, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QD
Received 21 Apr 1997The Old Forge, 1 Bath Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3HA
Received 21 Apr 1997Saltford Primary School, Claverton Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DW
Received 16 Apr 199710 Hillside Crescent, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NB
Received 24 Apr 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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