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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71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 36 And 40, Bristol Road, Keynsham,
Received 27 Aug 1997Street Record, Footpath Chalfield Close To Hardington Drive, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 26 Aug 1997B&NES Riverside Offices, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA
Received 22 Aug 19974 High Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AR
Received 27 Aug 199751 Withies Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NX
Received 27 Aug 1997Roseland Cottage, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JS
Received 27 Aug 199718 Underhill Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RU
Received 28 Aug 199716 Waterside Road, Radstock, BA3 3YF
Received 28 Aug 1997Amberley House, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QA
Received 29 Aug 199718 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 28 Aug 1997Bramble Mead, Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PH
Received 28 Aug 199715 St Johns Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HR
Received 1 Sept 1997The Hunting Lodge, 127 London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JF
Received 29 Aug 1997Former Toyota Garage, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 1 Sept 19971 Cobblers Way, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3BX
Received 1 Sept 1997Norton Hill School, Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
Received 1 Sept 1997Littleton Falls, Chew Road, Chew Magna, BS40 8HJ
Received 29 Aug 1997Brae Cottage, Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UF
Received 1 Sept 1997Bathford Playing Field, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SP
Received 1 Sept 1997Sarum, Green Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TL
Received 28 Aug 19977 Tynings, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RR
Received 2 Sept 199717 Clover Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7NS
Received 2 Sept 1997Sunnyside Gardens, Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BQ
Received 3 Sept 199734 Oakfield Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JH
Received 3 Sept 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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