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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71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EQ
Received 5 Dec 1996New Farm, Marksbury Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HJ
Received 4 Dec 1996Scout Hut, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EP
Received 5 Dec 1996Parcel 9519, Rush Hill, Farrington Gurney, Bristol,
Received 5 Dec 199611 Lambourn Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PR
Received 6 Dec 199619 Linden Close, Radstock, BA3 3EJ
Received 6 Dec 1996Snatch Farm, Ubley, Bristol
Received 6 Dec 1996The Bungalow, High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BQ
Received 9 Dec 199615 Greenlands Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EZ
Received 10 Dec 1996Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 9 Dec 1996Cherry Cottage, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EP
Received 9 Dec 1996Writhlington Court, Frome Road, Radstock, BA3 3PF
Received 9 Dec 1996Carshop, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AD
Received 11 Dec 1996Rugby Ground, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HP
Received 11 Dec 1996Bell House, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS18 6BD
Received 11 Dec 1996Rose Cottage, Midford, Bath, BA2 7DD
Received 11 Dec 1996Post Office, 54 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SN
Received 11 Dec 1996Pizzeria DO NOT USE Now Known, As Pizza Plus, 11 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8HG
Received 12 Dec 199617 Coronation Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2PT
Received 13 Dec 199611 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 13 Dec 1996Starlings, Lower Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QS
Received 13 Dec 1996The Walled Garden, Kingwell Hall, Hayeswood Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0HH
Received 13 Dec 1996Parcel 0726, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath,
Received 13 Dec 1996Parcel 0726, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath,
Received 13 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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