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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71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Highfield House, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JW
Received 11 Jun 1997Highfield House, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JW
Received 11 Jun 199745 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JH
Received 11 Jun 1997Cameley Old School House, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BZ
Received 12 Jun 199734 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 11 Jun 199734 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 11 Jun 1997Telecommunication Mast, Holtsdown Lane, St. Catherine, Bath, BA1 8ER
Received 11 Jun 199724 The Leaze, Radstock, BA3 3YH
Received 12 Jun 1997North Hill Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 0EE
Received 12 Jun 1997Chapel Cottage, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BS
Received 11 Jun 199712 Laburnum Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RX
Received 13 Jun 199711 Laburnum Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RX
Received 13 Jun 19973 Chestnut Close, Radstock, BA3 3UY
Received 16 Jun 1997Somervale School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4HG
Received 16 Jun 1997The Old Barber Shop, High Street, Paulton, Bristol
Received 13 Jun 1997Former Sacred Heart School Buildings, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol,
Received 16 Jun 1997Milward Lodge, 53 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BA
Received 16 Jun 199711 Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UB
Received 16 Jun 1997Manor House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QQ
Received 16 Jun 1997Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RZ
Received 16 Jun 1997Hope & Anchor, Midford Road, Midford, BA2 7DD
Received 17 Jun 1997Bell House, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS18 6BD
Received 18 Jun 1997Lyons Court Farm, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BP
Received 18 Jun 1997Lyons Court Farm, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BP
Received 18 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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