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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71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
3 Linnet Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PQ
Received 3 Jun 1997Writhlington Service Station, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LW
Received 3 Jun 199781 Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6RU
Received 28 May 1997Greenbanks Sutton Yard, Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UR
Received 4 Jun 19974 High Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AR
Received 30 May 1997Mill House, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7ER
Received 4 Jun 199764 Park Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1DE
Received 4 Jun 1997Wellsway School, Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PH
Received 4 Jun 1997Newton Mill Caravan And Camping Site, Pennyquick, Newton St. Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9JF
Received 5 Jun 1997Avonmead Cottage, Bristol Road, Corston, BS31 3JT
Received 5 Jun 19972 North Hill Cottages, Dunkerton, Bath, BA2 8BB
Received 5 Jun 1997Holmside, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6LB
Received 5 Jun 19971 Mendip Cottages, Smithams Hill, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BZ
Received 6 Jun 1997Lobbington Cottage, Chew Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UE
Received 4 Jun 1997Overbrook, Stowey Bottom, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TN
Received 5 Jun 199711 Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PT
Received 5 Jun 1997Bathampton Lodge, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SY
Received 5 Jun 1997Bathampton Lodge, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SY
Received 9 Jun 1997North Hill Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 0EE
Received 9 Jun 1997Barley House Sutton Yard, Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UR
Received 10 Jun 1997Mandalay Cottage, Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath
Received 10 Jun 199766 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EA
Received 10 Jun 199766 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EA
Received 10 Jun 1997Wylecop, Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QS
Received 10 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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