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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woolsery, Tyning, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HG
Received 18 Feb 1998Longreach, 321 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3TJ
Received 16 Feb 19984A Victoria Terrace, Bath Road, Paulton, BS39 7NY
Received 16 Feb 1998Limeburn Nurseries, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 19 Feb 1998Monkton Combe School, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HG
Received 19 Feb 1998Folly Farm, Folly Lane, Stowey, BS39 4DW
Received 23 Feb 1998Upridge, Winford Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QE
Received 23 Feb 199817 Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PL
Received 23 Feb 1998Field No 9680, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7LQ
Received 20 Feb 1998Lorien, Green Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TL
Received 19 Feb 1998The Linney, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HG
Received 19 Feb 1998102 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TH
Received 18 Feb 1998Murco Service Station, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TG
Received 23 Feb 19987 Briar Close, Radstock, BA3 3EL
Received 24 Feb 199848 Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, BA3 3QN
Received 24 Feb 1998Norton Hill School, Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
Received 24 Feb 1998Norton Hill School, Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
Received 24 Feb 1998Parcel 1032, Bonhill Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol,
Received 24 Feb 1998Larkhall Sports Club, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 8DL
Received 19 Feb 1998Chapel Cottage, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BS
Received 23 Feb 1998Mountstevens, 50A High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1DX
Received 23 Feb 19989 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, BS31 2UH
Received 24 Feb 1998Mayfield Cottage, 45 Bailbrook Lane, Bath, BA1 7AL
Received 24 Feb 19981 The Croft, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HQ
Received 24 Feb 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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