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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
71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Coach House, Tasburgh House Hotel, Warminster Road, Bath
Received 19 Aug 1996Fairash Bungalow, Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EQ
Received 22 Aug 1996Henrys (also Known As Twin Lakes), Crock Barton, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JP
Received 22 Aug 1996The Old Malthouse Hotel, Radford Hill, Paulton, BA2 0QF
Received 22 Aug 199630 Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 22 Aug 1996Cherry Cottage, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EP
Received 22 Aug 1996157 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7DW
Received 22 Aug 199639 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AA
Received 23 Aug 199610 Rudgeway Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RE
Received 23 Aug 1996Westfield Farm, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 23 Aug 1996Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BJ
Received 27 Aug 199668 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SG
Received 27 Aug 199652 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7ES
Received 27 Aug 1996Ellsbridge House Training & Management Centre, Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1TL
Received 27 Aug 1996Clutton Hill Farm, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5QQ
Received 11 Jul 1996Orchardcrest, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, BS18 4QQ
Received 11 Jul 1996Little Bartletts, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5QQ
Received 11 Jul 1996Holly Lodge, 64 Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, BA3 3QN
Received 28 Aug 1996Post Office, 54 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SN
Received 28 Aug 1996Park Cottage, Innox Lane, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8DB
Received 28 Aug 1996Street Record, Footpath Old England Way To Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 28 Aug 199612 Elm View, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QF
Received 29 Aug 1996Mj Bird Lorry Park, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol,
Received 29 Aug 199628 Eastover Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HY
Received 30 Aug 1996Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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.
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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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