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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71,458 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 And 58 Bath Road, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8DL
Received 1 May 1997The Orchard, 80 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TG
Received 6 May 1997High View, 2 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4AE
Received 6 May 1997Lydes Farm, Folly Lane, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 4DW
Received 6 May 1997Land Between Cherith And Rectory Hall, Church Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol
Received 6 May 1997Cherith, Church Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TU
Received 6 May 1997Leafy Way, Mearns, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JR
Received 6 May 1997Snatch Farm, Ubley, Bristol
Received 7 May 199766 St Ladoc Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2EL
Received 7 May 1997Lower Tunley Farm, Stoneage Lane, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DS
Received 6 May 19972 Linnet Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PQ
Received 8 May 1997Leylands, Goosard Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HJ
Received 8 May 199724A Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PH
Received 8 May 1997Writhlington School, Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Received 8 May 199716 Handel Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1BT
Received 8 May 1997Ivelhurst, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RH
Received 9 May 1997Oxleaze, Nempnett Thrubwell, Blagdon, Bristol, BS40 7UZ
Received 12 May 1997Smoke Acre, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RX
Received 9 May 1997Bloomfield Care Centre, Salisbury Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7BD
Received 12 May 1997Maryland, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UW
Received 13 May 1997Old Railway View, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BU
Received 13 May 19971 Eastwoods, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QF
Received 13 May 1997Court Farm, Langridge, Bath, BA1 8AJ
Received 13 May 1997Willow Farm Mobile Home, Flatts Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 12 May 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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