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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71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bridge Farm, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EE
Received 18 Aug 1997Village Farm, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EB
Received 19 Aug 199720 Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BT
Received 14 Aug 19973 Sunnyside Gardens, Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BQ
Received 18 Aug 1997Prospect Villa, 11A Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HE
Received 18 Aug 1997Clinton Cards, 50 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DX
Received 19 Aug 199716 Maple Rise, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LH
Received 20 Aug 1997Waitrose, Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1ST
Received 20 Aug 1997Stoke Hill Mine, Midford Lane, Limpley Stoke, Bath, Wiltshire, BA2 7GP
Received 20 Aug 1997The Tallet, Clearbrook Farm, Midford Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DE
Received 20 Aug 1997The Tallet, Clearbrook Farm, Midford Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DE
Received 20 Aug 1997Stanley Hill Cottages, 2 Ashes Lane, Freshford, BA2 7US
Received 20 Aug 199723 Bramley Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SJ
Received 21 Aug 1997Molly Brook House, Coombe Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BG
Received 22 Aug 1997Flat 1, 6 The Street, Radstock, BA3 3PL
Received 22 Aug 1997Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 26 Aug 199741 Waterloo Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3ER
Received 26 Aug 1997Applewood, Bendalls Bridge, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SJ
Received 26 Aug 199720 Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PH
Received 26 Aug 19975 Streamside, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QZ
Received 26 Aug 19975 Fieldgardens Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DX
Received 26 Aug 199756-57 Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PL
Received 27 Aug 1997C E Fray & Son, Upper Barrow Hill Farm, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, BA2 0HL
Received 26 Aug 1997Parcel 6878, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath,
Received 21 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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