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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
71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
25 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SW
Received 7 May 1998Rowley House, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EF
Received 6 May 1998Street Record, Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol,
Received 12 May 199821 Wellow Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JQ
Received 11 May 1998Twycross Farm, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TY
Received 12 May 1998Fircroft, 1 Streamside, Chew Magna, BS40 8QZ
Received 12 May 1998Lime Kiln Farm, Charlton Road, Queen Charlton, Bath, Bristol, BS31 2TW
Received 11 May 199814 Nunney Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XF
Received 12 May 1998The Crown, 500 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS39 5BS
Received 12 May 1998Ridgeway, Durcott Lane, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0QE
Received 13 May 1998Stanton Wick Farm, Stanton Wick Farm Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DB
Received 14 May 1998Carpenters Arms, Wick Lane, Stanton Wick, Bristol, BS39 4BX
Received 13 May 1998The Willows, High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HB
Received 13 May 1998Shoscombe Ce Va Primary School, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, BA2 8NB
Received 14 May 1998Shoscombe Ce Va Primary School, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, BA2 8NB
Received 14 May 1998Orchard Lea, Undertown, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6ND
Received 15 May 1998Radstock Cooperative Society, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JH
Received 13 May 1998Blackmore & Langdon Nurseries, Stanton Nursery, Whitley Batts, Bristol, BS39 4JL
Received 15 May 1998Former Toyota Garage, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 15 May 1998Haycombe Farm House, Haycombe Lane, Englishcombe, Bath
Received 13 May 1998Church Farm, Dunkerton, Bath, BA2 8BJ
Received 18 May 1998Alma Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 15 May 199815 Medway Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RZ
Received 15 May 199815 Holly Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TU
Received 15 May 1998Records 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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