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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71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Rushgrove Gardens, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XE
Received 19 Jun 199749 Cedar Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TX
Received 19 Jun 1997Pizzeria DO NOT USE Now Known, As Pizza Plus, 11 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8HG
Received 19 Jun 1997Tunley Farm (Industrial Units), Tunley, Bath
Received 20 Jun 1997131 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BH
Received 20 Jun 1997Parcel 2676, Howgrove Hill Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol,
Received 20 Jun 1997Bushmead, High Park, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LN
Received 20 Jun 1997Willow Bank, Fosseway, Clandown, Radstock, BA3 3BJ
Received 23 Jun 1997Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 23 Jun 1997The Bakery, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD
Received 23 Jun 1997Dreamers Patch, Tyning, Timsbury, Bath
Received 24 Jun 19979 Lansdown Crescent, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JX
Received 23 Jun 1997Students Union, Bath Spa University College, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BD
Received 23 Jun 1997Kelston Parish Hall, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 18 Jun 1997Kelston Parish Hall, Church Lane, Kelston, BA1 9AG
Received 18 Jun 1997Street Record, Haydon Industrial Estate, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 24 Jun 1997Meadowcroft, Mollyfriend Lane, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HL
Received 25 Jun 199724 Highfields, Radstock, BA3 3UH
Received 26 Jun 199735 Valley View Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QA
Received 26 Jun 1997Part Of Former Somerset & Dorset Railway Line, Ford Road, Wellow, BA2 8QF
Received 26 Jun 1997Fair Orchard, South Widcombe, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BL
Received 26 Jun 1997Northwick Quarry, Northwick, Dundry, Bristol
Received 27 Jun 1997Tunley Farmhouse, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DL
Received 25 Jun 1997Clinton Cards, 50 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DX
Received 27 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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