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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71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Overdale, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DW
Received 22 Apr 1996The Wheatsheaf Inn, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 22 Apr 1996The Wheatsheaf Inn, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 22 Apr 1996Wellow Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, BA2 8QR
Received 22 Apr 1996The Chase, 30 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JZ
Received 22 Apr 1996Cross Keys, Lower Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PB
Received 18 Apr 1996The Old Mills Studios, Mead Lane, Saltford, BS31 3ER
Received 23 Apr 1996Prospect Cottage, 66 The Batch, Farmborough, BA2 0AJ
Received 23 Apr 1996Utcombe Farm Cottage, Sutton Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DB
Received 23 Apr 1996Yew Tree Inn, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TX
Received 23 Apr 1996Welton Bibby & Baron, Station Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton,
Received 23 Apr 199645 Park Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HE
Received 23 Apr 1996Masonic Hall, 6 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2JN
Received 23 Apr 1996Rackledown Farm, North Wick, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS41 8NW
Received 23 Apr 199612 Manor Gardens, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0AS
Received 24 Apr 1996The Old Inn, High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JD
Received 24 Apr 1996Former St Nicholas Vc Infant School, Church Street, Radstock,
Received 24 Apr 199659 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DS
Received 24 Apr 1996Lyndhurst, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, BA2 0FQ
Received 25 Apr 1996South View, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8EZ
Received 23 Apr 199659 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DS
Received 24 Apr 1996Coley Hill Farm, Coley, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AW
Received 26 Apr 1996Street Record, Westfield Industrial And Trading Estate, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 26 Apr 19962 Tarnwell, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4ED
Received 26 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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