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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 3 Sept 1998Martin McColls, 14 Fortescue Road, Radstock, BA3 3PJ
Received 3 Sept 199873 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6XD
Received 7 Sept 1998Landfill @, Ranikhet Farm, Park Corner, Freshford, BA2 7UQ
Received 7 Sept 19982 Fox Cottages, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, BA2 7EX
Received 1 Sept 1998Southlands, Gibbet Lane, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BX
Received 4 Sept 1998Aston Villa, New Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JH
Received 7 Sept 1998Land To The Rear Of 63-89 Kilmersdon Road, Access Road To Down View And Pit Cottages, Haydon, Radstock, BA3 3QW
Received 4 Sept 199814 Northmead Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SF
Received 4 Sept 1998Thundersley, 76 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PY
Received 4 Sept 1998Street Record, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 4 Sept 19985 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 4 Sept 19989 Riverside Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NY
Received 7 Sept 1998Prospect House, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 2SU
Received 4 Sept 1998Primrose Corner, Tennis Court Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LU
Received 4 Sept 199855 Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TT
Received 8 Sept 1998Communications Mast, White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8PL
Received 9 Sept 1998Denny Barn, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TE
Received 8 Sept 1998Recreation Ground, Tilley Lane, Farmborough, Bath
Received 7 Sept 199831 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PW
Received 8 Sept 1998Rickyard Cottage, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BR
Received 8 Sept 1998Wellsway School, Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PH
Received 7 Sept 1998Wellsway School, Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PH
Received 7 Sept 199812 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 7 Sept 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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