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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conkwell Lodge, Conkwell, Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 2JF
Received 22 Apr 199847 Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AB
Received 23 Apr 1998Land Between Superstore And Thicketmead Farm, Thicketmead, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 Apr 1998Beau Geste, Huddox Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DY
Received 14 Oct 1998Firgrove House, Lower Peasedown, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AH
Received 14 Oct 1998Endyn, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DJ
Received 16 Oct 19981 Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RN
Received 15 Oct 199823 St Thomas Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UT
Received 15 Oct 1998189 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 15 Oct 1998189 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 15 Oct 1998Woodborough, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LL
Received 15 Oct 1998St Peters Park, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RN
Received 15 Oct 19981 Parkfield Gardens, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5XF
Received 15 Oct 1998199 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JJ
Received 15 Oct 1998Rectory House, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 15 Oct 1998Park And Ride Site, Lansdown, Bath
Received 16 Oct 1998White Rose Cottage, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6ED
Received 16 Oct 199820 Winscombe Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HR
Received 15 Oct 1998Odd Down Park And Ride, Combe Hay Lane, Bath
Received 16 Oct 1998Spring Cottage, 6 Bath Road, Kelston, BA1 9AQ
Received 15 Oct 1998Mendip View, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HQ
Received 19 Oct 199839 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AT
Received 19 Oct 1998Batheaston Primary School, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EP
Received 19 Oct 1998Batheaston Primary School, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EP
Received 19 Oct 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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