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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
71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yew Tree Cottage, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6LB
Received 28 May 1997HSBC, 104 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 28 May 1997Hanover Square East, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 27 May 1997Heighgrove Barn, Scumbrum Lane, High Littleton, BS39 6JN
Received 27 May 1997Mendip View, Pitway Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TX
Received 30 May 19971 Lake View Cottages, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XP
Received 29 May 1997The Orchard, Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5UR
Received 2 Jun 1997Coombe Hill Farm, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AT
Received 2 Jun 1997Rectory Farm, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol
Received 2 Jun 1997Midsomer Norton Cricket Ground, Withies Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JE
Received 2 Jun 1997Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 2 Jun 1997Parcel 1489, Maggs Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol,
Received 2 Jun 199771 The Street, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HP
Received 2 Jun 1997Leo's Superstore, Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1ST
Received 2 Jun 19972 High Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AR
Received 29 May 1997Street Record, High Street, Priston
Received 30 May 199728 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RG
Received 3 Jun 1997Saltford Designs, Mead Lane, Saltford, BS31 3ER
Received 3 Jun 1997Raemore, Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NA
Received 3 Jun 1997Roseville, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB
Received 3 Jun 1997Rosewood Manor, Loves Hill, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EU
Received 2 Jun 1997Rosewood Manor, Loves Hill, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EU
Received 2 Jun 1997The Wickets, Blackrock Lane, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JB
Received 3 Jun 1997Cricket Ground, Church Lane, Priston, BA2 9EF
Received 2 Jun 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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