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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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31 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PW
Received 17 Mar 1998Red Post Inn, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JH
Received 20 Feb 199836 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LR
Received 18 Mar 1998Combe Orchard, 1A Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EF
Received 18 Mar 199836 Fosseway, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4AX
Received 19 Mar 1998South View, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BU
Received 19 Mar 19981 Kingwell View, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6LD
Received 19 Mar 19989 Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AU
Received 19 Mar 19981 St Peters Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BJ
Received 19 Mar 199841 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 19 Mar 199816 Sunridge Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NZ
Received 20 Mar 1998Compton Green Farm, The Green, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LE
Received 20 Mar 19985 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 17 Mar 1998Brook House, Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6NA
Received 20 Mar 1998The Spinney, 60 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AG
Received 23 Mar 1998The Granary, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 23 Mar 1998Little Barton, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RS
Received 23 Mar 1998Farleigh Cottage, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BG
Received 24 Mar 1998Farleigh Cottage, School Place, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BG
Received 24 Mar 1998Western View House, Inglesbatch, Bath, BA2 9DZ
Received 24 Mar 1998Prospect Cottage, West Harptree Road, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BQ
Received 24 Mar 199832 Parkway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HD
Received 24 Mar 1998107 Waterford Park, Radstock, BA3 3EW
Received 24 Mar 1998Beech Tree Barn, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HQ
Received 24 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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