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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
71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Haven, West Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TH
Received 1 Aug 1997The Powder Keg, Clapton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2LW
Received 1 Aug 1997Oak Tree Equestrian Centre, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BT
Received 31 Jul 1997Laundry Cottage, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 31 Jul 1997Laundry Cottage, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 31 Jul 199738 Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 31 Jul 1997Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 4 Aug 19971 Somer House, High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 4 Aug 19971 Gordon Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EH
Received 4 Aug 1997Cherry Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 4 Aug 1997Fortnight Farm, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 8RE
Received 4 Aug 1997Tower Farm, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SB
Received 31 Jul 19979 Maypole Close, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PP
Received 31 Jul 1997Kwok Sang Take Away, 44A Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EH
Received 31 Jul 199717 Westview, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7XJ
Received 5 Aug 1997Hadleigh, The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4DT
Received 5 Aug 1997Highacres, Bath Road, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DR
Received 17 Jul 1997Sutton Lodge, Sutton Court Access Road, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DN
Received 6 Aug 199710 Bloomfield Park Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LN
Received 6 Aug 1997Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TE
Received 7 Aug 1997Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TE
Received 7 Aug 1997The Sundial, 175 Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5SA
Received 7 Aug 199713 Eckweek Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8EJ
Received 7 Aug 1997Ashcroft, Blacksmith Lane, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BT
Received 8 Aug 1997Records 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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