Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Willow Cottage, The Witheys, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QB
Received 30 Oct 1996Street Record, Morgan Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Oct 1996Limeburn Nurseries, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 30 Oct 19962 Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LH
Received 28 Oct 1996Chew Lodge, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
Received 31 Oct 1996Street Record, Footpath St Chad's Well, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 31 Oct 1996Limeburn Nurseries, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 31 Oct 1996Moat Farm, Bickfield Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NF
Received 31 Oct 1996181 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1TD
Received 31 Oct 199626 Church Square, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HX
Received 1 Nov 19961 Duchy Cottages, Pitway Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TU
Received 1 Nov 1996J B Autos, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AA
Received 1 Nov 1996Friary Wood, Warminster Road, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7TE
Received 1 Nov 1996Triangle Cottage, Englishcombe, Bath, BA2 9DU
Received 1 Nov 1996The Coach House, Northstoke, Bath, BA1 9AT
Received 1 Nov 199648 Long Barnaby, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TZ
Received 4 Nov 1996Maple Leaf Cottage, The Barton, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DY
Received 4 Nov 1996Raemar, 3 Hobbs Wall, Farmborough, BA2 0BH
Received 4 Nov 1996The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Kelston, BA1 9AG
Received 4 Nov 199684 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BW
Received 5 Nov 19966 Somer Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SB
Received 5 Nov 1996Kwok Sang Take Away, 44A Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EH
Received 5 Nov 1996Old School House, Queens Square, Saltford, BS31 3EL
Received 6 Nov 1996Agricultural Buildings Opposite Windy Ridge, Greenhouse Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol,
Received 6 Nov 1996Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage