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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Beeches, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3US
Received 28 Sept 19989 Lawson Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3LB
Received 28 Sept 1998Victoria Methodist Church, High Street, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 28 Sept 1998Hanham House, Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PF
Received 29 Sept 1998East Kings, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QQ
Received 30 Sept 199810 Bloomfield Park Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LN
Received 1 Oct 19987 Station Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AZ
Received 1 Oct 19988 Somerset Way, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7YU
Received 1 Oct 1998St Johns CEVA Primary School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JN
Received 1 Oct 1998Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SN
Received 1 Oct 1998Sunny Acres, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QT
Received 5 Oct 1998Unit 2 Mr Dj Phillips, Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TS
Received 28 Sept 1998Unit 2 Mr Dj Phillips, Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TS
Received 28 Sept 1998Mill Cottage, Woolley Lane, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AP
Received 29 Sept 1998Mill Cottage, Woolley Lane, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AP
Received 29 Sept 1998Enzeli, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AP
Received 5 Oct 1998Coach House Combe Grove Hotel, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HS
Received 5 Oct 199845 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DL
Received 5 Oct 1998Clutton Airfield, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QL
Received 5 Oct 1998Radstock Cooperative Society, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DT
Received 6 Oct 1998Radstock Cooperative Society, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JH
Received 6 Oct 199826 Tyning Hill, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3ET
Received 6 Oct 1998Whisty Community Centre, Walnut Buildings, Radstock, BA3 3JL
Received 6 Oct 19981A Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1NS
Received 6 Oct 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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