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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 20 Nov 19982 Longhouse, The Hollow, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BG
Received 25 Nov 1998Plot 10, 13A Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 27 Nov 1998Lady Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NN
Received 30 Nov 1998Greenbank Cottage, 5 The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 27 Nov 1998Headmaster's House, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HH
Received 27 Nov 1998177 Church Hill, Radstock, BA3 3NE
Received 30 Nov 199811 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DP
Received 26 Nov 1998The Mead, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8EZ
Received 26 Nov 1998The Old School House, Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7RR
Received 30 Nov 1998Dovedale, Huddox Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EA
Received 25 Nov 1998Kingwell Barn, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HH
Received 30 Nov 199846 Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 27 Nov 1998Mai Baan, High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BQ
Received 30 Nov 1998Hollowtree House, Folly Lane, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DW
Received 30 Nov 1998Radford, Durcott Lane, Camerton, BA2 0QG
Received 30 Nov 1998Westway Farm, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5XP
Received 26 Nov 1998Welton Rovers FC, West Clewes, North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QD
Received 1 Dec 199822 Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TT
Received 1 Dec 1998Wellow Brook Lodge, The Combe, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5UA
Received 1 Dec 1998Former Gwr Railway Line, Frome Road, Radstock,
Received 2 Dec 1998Rectory Farm, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol
Received 2 Dec 1998The Dower House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 2 Dec 1998Old Station Yard, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PF
Received 3 Dec 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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