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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Littledown, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 8DS
Received 15 Dec 1997The Flat, Bathampton Manor, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 16 Dec 1997Wallmead Farm, Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0GE
Received 16 Dec 1997Stothert & Pitt Rugby Ground (Ron Chalker Sports Ground), Bath Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AA
Received 17 Dec 1997Aldermead, Broadmoor Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4LL
Received 18 Dec 1997Studio Cottage, Station Road, Freshford, BA2 7WQ
Received 18 Dec 199710 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 18 Dec 1997Churchlands, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol
Received 18 Dec 1997Stedman Cottage, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QJ
Received 19 Dec 199711 Laburnum Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PN
Received 22 Dec 1997Hillcrest, Homefield Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EG
Received 19 Dec 199715 Barnfield Way, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7PW
Received 19 Dec 199714 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5UQ
Received 18 Dec 1997Stables, Priston Lane, Farmborough, Bath,
Received 19 Dec 19976 The Homestead, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LF
Received 22 Dec 1997Claysend Farm, Wilmington Hill, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9JE
Received 22 Dec 19979 Adams Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TH
Received 23 Dec 199734 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 23 Dec 1997Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 23 Dec 1997Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 23 Dec 1997Orchard House, 2A The Orchard, Stanton Drew, BS39 4DS
Received 23 Dec 1997Park Farm Cottage, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 23 Dec 1997Whitehaven Nursing Home, Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AU
Received 23 Dec 199720 Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RH
Received 23 Dec 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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