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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
71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Long Acre, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RU
Received 27 Nov 1996Village Farm, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EB
Received 26 Nov 19966 Newlands Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TS
Received 26 Nov 199620 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DH
Received 22 Nov 19966 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 28 Nov 1996The Lodge Hotel, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SL
Received 29 Nov 1996The Lodge Hotel, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SL
Received 29 Nov 1996JJs Hair Design, 217 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 2 Dec 1996Bathford Manor, Manor Drive, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UA
Received 21 Nov 1996Home Farm, Inglesbatch, Bath, BA2 9DZ
Received 27 Nov 1996Pump House, Tucking Mill Lane, Midford, Bath,
Received 29 Nov 199613 Longfellow Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3YZ
Received 29 Nov 19965 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 29 Nov 1996Willow House, Englishcombe Road, Englishcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9DT
Received 29 Nov 1996Highview, Smallcombe Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DU
Received 3 Dec 19962 Meadway, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BD
Received 3 Dec 1996Temple Bridge Farm, Temple Bridge, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AA
Received 3 Dec 1996Temple Bridge Farm House, Temple Bridge, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AA
Received 3 Dec 1996Parcel 1346, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 29 Nov 1996Land Betwwen Road Railway And River Chew, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham,
Received 3 Dec 1996Honeysuckle Cottage, Combe Lane, South Stoke, Bath, BA2 7EJ
Received 4 Dec 1996Whitehaven, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SP
Received 4 Dec 1996Keynsham Cemetery, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AF
Received 3 Dec 1996Play Area, Teviot Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QS
Received 4 Dec 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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