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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
71,462 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Blue Bowl, Bristol Road, West Harptree, BS40 6HJ
Received 12 Jul 19962 Redwood Close, Radstock, BA3 3EH
Received 12 Jul 19964 Northmead Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SG
Received 12 Jul 199632 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DW
Received 15 Jul 1996Water Mill, Mill Hill, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QJ
Received 15 Jul 19961 Rhode Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XE
Received 16 Jul 1996The Chapel Schoolroom, Dovers Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SU
Received 16 Jul 1996Long House 3, Barn End, Proud Cross, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BT
Received 12 Jul 1996The Old Station, Station Road, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QB
Received 16 Jul 19966 Highbury Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 6EF
Received 16 Jul 199658 Southlands Drive, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HB
Received 15 Jul 1996St Julian's Farm, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, BA2 8NE
Received 15 Jul 1996Parkhouse Farm, Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2SG
Received 15 Jul 199612 Victoria Gardens, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RD
Received 17 Jul 1996Chapel House, Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 17 Jul 1996Field & Garage East Of Broadlands, Tucking Mill Lane, Midford, Bath,
Received 17 Jul 1996Tyning House, Freshford Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UR
Received 12 Jul 1996Street Record, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 17 Jul 1996Orchard House, 20 Chandag Road, Keynsham, BS31 1NR
Received 18 Jul 19964 Highfields, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3UQ
Received 18 Jul 1996Charnwood, Westwood Avenue, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6XY
Received 17 Jul 1996Windy Arbour, New Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TR
Received 19 Jul 1996Springmead, New Road, Freshford, BA2 7WA
Received 17 Jul 1996Meadgate Farm, Weekesley Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0NH
Received 18 Jul 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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