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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71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
Fieldhead, 2A Rotcombe Lane, High Littleton, BS39 6JW
Received 3 Apr 1996Radford Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Radford, BA2 0QF
Received 19 Dec 1995The Cottage, Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JN
Received 4 Apr 1996Martin Chivers Photography, 1 Fortescue Road, Radstock, BA3 3PH
Received 4 Apr 1996Evergreen House, 24 Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AJ
Received 9 Apr 1996Chetwynd Cottage, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 2 Apr 199639 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DU
Received 1 Apr 199639 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DU
Received 1 Apr 1996Hinton House, Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SZ
Received 10 Apr 1996Hinton House, Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SZ
Received 10 Apr 1996Acacia House, 4 High Street, Chew Magna, BS40 8PW
Received 2 Apr 1996Acacia House, 4 High Street, Chew Magna, BS40 8PW
Received 10 Apr 1996Acacia House, 4 High Street, Chew Magna, BS40 8PW
Received 10 Apr 1996122 Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PD
Received 1 Apr 199678 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
Received 2 Apr 1996Highview, Smallcombe Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DU
Received 29 Feb 1996Car Park, Odd Down Park & Ride Car Park, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA
Received 1 Apr 1996Parcel 16018, The Triangle, Hallatrow, Bristol,
Received 25 Mar 1996Home Farm, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SW
Received 1 Apr 1996Home Farm, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SW
Received 1 Apr 1996Lyons Court Farm, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BP
Received 9 Apr 1996Lyons Court Farm, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BP
Received 9 Apr 1996The Beeches, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5QJ
Received 11 Apr 199610 Carter Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LL
Received 12 Apr 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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