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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 23 Jan 199879 Ashgrove, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EG
Received 23 Jan 1998Tunley Farm Estate, Tunley Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DL
Received 23 Jan 1998Tunley Farm (Industrial Units), Tunley, Bath
Received 23 Jan 1998Tunley Farm (Industrial Units), Tunley, Bath
Received 23 Jan 1998Grove Bungalow, Welton Grove, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TS
Received 23 Jan 1998Broughton House, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 27 Jan 199810 Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NU
Received 27 Jan 199820 Acacia Court, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RU
Received 2 Jan 19988 Morris Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 26 Jan 199856 St Clements Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1AH
Received 27 Jan 1998Eden Cottage, 32 Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AE
Received 26 Jan 1998Mendip View, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HQ
Received 26 Jan 19985 Riverside Gardens, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NS
Received 27 Jan 1998Belle Vue Farm, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DZ
Received 27 Jan 1998Former Allotment Gardens, Vale View Terrace, Batheaston, Bath,
Received 26 Jan 1998Church Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NW
Received 28 Jan 19982 Sherwood Road, Keynsham, BS31 1DB
Received 28 Jan 1998Land West Of 18, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Midsomer Norton,
Received 21 Jan 19983 County Bridge, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AA
Received 29 Jan 199885 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 29 Jan 1998Hartley Wood Equestrian Centre, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5QA
Received 30 Jan 1998Alcan Packaging, P O Box 3, Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AA
Received 30 Jan 19982, Ormonde Cottages, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NL
Received 29 Jan 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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