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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crown Inn, High Street, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HA
Received 6 Mar 1998Tyne Depot, Stowey Road, Clutton, BS39 5TG
Received 5 Mar 1998Southview, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath
Received 4 Mar 199810 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 5 Mar 199810 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 5 Mar 1998Turnpike Cottage, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NN
Received 6 Mar 19984 Hillgrove Cottages, Stoneage Lane, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DS
Received 6 Mar 1998Hope Cottage, Culvery Lane, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AG
Received 9 Mar 1998The Barber Co , 54C High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DQ
Received 9 Mar 199818 The Batch , Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7DR
Received 6 Mar 199818 The Batch , Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7DR
Received 6 Mar 1998Wellow Trekking Centre, Little Horse Croft Farm, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QF
Received 9 Mar 199826 Station Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 10 Mar 1998Cheam House, Maggs Hill, Timsbury, BA2 0LX
Received 9 Mar 1998Cranleigh, 150 Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5SE
Received 9 Mar 1998The Corner House, The Square, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HY
Received 9 Mar 1998Stables And Paddock, Mill Lane, Timsbury, BA2 0EN
Received 9 Mar 19986 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TL
Received 9 Mar 19988 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TL
Received 9 Mar 199832 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AG
Received 9 Mar 1998Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RZ
Received 10 Mar 1998Smithy House, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 9 Mar 19983 Mells Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XJ
Received 11 Mar 1998Dumpton Cottage, Bellhorse Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6ER
Received 12 Mar 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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