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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
71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wisteria Cottage, 19 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 17 Jul 1997Parcel 8700, Bristol Road, Compton Martin, Bristol,
Received 17 Jul 1997Week Farm, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, BA2 8RF
Received 18 Jul 1997Emdene, Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 18 Jul 1997Viaduct Hotel, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 18 Jul 1997Pensford Post Office, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AF
Received 18 Jul 1997St Michael The Archangel Church, The Batch, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JB
Received 21 Jul 1997Wick House, Bath Road, Paulton, BS39 7PU
Received 21 Jul 1997Wick House, Bath Road, Paulton, BS39 7PU
Received 21 Jul 19978 Dene Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RL
Received 21 Jul 1997High Barn, 33 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7RR
Received 21 Jul 1997Carron, 167 Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5SA
Received 21 Jul 1997Fullers Cottage, Railway Lane, Wellow, BA2 8QG
Received 21 Jul 199715 Chaffinch Drive, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4NW
Received 22 Jul 199716 St Pauls Place, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UN
Received 22 Jul 1997Bannerdown View Farm, Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TS
Received 23 Jul 1997The Gardens, Blind Lane, Tunley, BA2 0DU
Received 23 Jul 1997Street Record, Footpath Old England Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 22 Jul 1997Daisybank Cottage, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath
Received 22 Jul 199717 Oldbridge Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0TP
Received 23 Jul 1997173 Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UU
Received 24 Jul 1997Yew Tree Cottage, Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HU
Received 25 Jul 1997Alma Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 24 Jul 1997New Village Hall, Farrington Gurney, Bristol
Received 24 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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