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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71,456 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Western House, Western Lane, East Harptree, BS40 6DL
Received 4 Jul 1997Queen Charlton Concrete Works, Queen Charlton, Keynsham
Received 2 Jul 1997Parsons Hill, Crock Barton, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JP
Received 7 Jul 1997Crossway Stables, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 7 Jul 1997Flower & Hayes Ltd, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5SU
Received 7 Jul 1997Keynsham Rugby Club, Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BE
Received 7 Jul 199775A North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QE
Received 7 Jul 1997Parcel 5319, Charlton Field Lane, Queen Charlton, BS31 2TN
Received 3 Jul 1997Meade Cottage, Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UF
Received 7 Jul 1997New Manor Farm, Tilley Lane, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BE
Received 3 Jul 1997Parcel 9680, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Jul 1997Birch Lawn, 4 Streamside, Chew Magna, BS40 8QZ
Received 8 Jul 1997Black Lion Public House, 42 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 8 Jul 199725 Priory Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BX
Received 8 Jul 199756 Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AW
Received 9 Jul 19972 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RY
Received 9 Jul 19975 Harding Place, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TE
Received 9 Jul 1997STREET RECORD, Chaffinch Avenue, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Jul 199711 The Centre, Keynsham, BS31 1ED
Received 9 Jul 19975 Tucking Mill Cottages, Tucking Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7DB
Received 10 Jul 1997Hallatrow Business Park, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 9 Jul 199766 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QQ
Received 11 Jul 1997Rexam, Station Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BE
Received 11 Jul 19972 Magdalene Road, Radstock, BA3 3LB
Received 11 Jul 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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