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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RZ
Received 31 Mar 1998The Old Rectory, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6ST
Received 31 Mar 199812 Ham Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TW
Received 1 Apr 19982 Tudor Cottages, South Widcombe, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BL
Received 1 Apr 1998Chew Hill Holt, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 1 Apr 1998Shaft House, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HN
Received 1 Apr 199838 Morris Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PR
Received 1 Apr 199826 Larch Court, Radstock, BA3 3EU
Received 2 Apr 199841 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 2 Apr 1998Box House, 1 Stoneleigh, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SD
Received 3 Apr 19983 Blacksmiths Lane, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AH
Received 3 Apr 1998Priston Mill Farm, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EQ
Received 3 Apr 199863 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 3 Apr 1998Flat 1, Hampton Hall, Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6SQ
Received 2 Apr 1998Flat 1, Hampton Hall, Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6SQ
Received 2 Apr 19986 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QG
Received 6 Apr 1998Beechwood, The Avenue, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HU
Received 6 Apr 1998The Laurels, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0ER
Received 6 Apr 19985 Glanville Drive, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5GF
Received 6 Apr 1998Pack Horse Farm, Old Midford Road, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DQ
Received 6 Apr 1998Paradise Row, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 6 Apr 19982 - 3 Paradise Row, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 6 Apr 1998Street Record, Home Farm Close, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 7 Apr 1998Quoit Farm, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ES
Received 7 Apr 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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