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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71,453 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Marston, The Folly, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JW
Received 2 Sept 1997Uplands, Old Fossway, Dunkerton, BA2 8BR
Received 2 Sept 1997Paulton Bowls Club, Tennis Court Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LU
Received 3 Sept 1997Druid Farm, Pensford Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DX
Received 2 Sept 1997130-133 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 4 Sept 19979 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RY
Received 4 Sept 1997Summerdale, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DL
Received 4 Sept 19973 Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JB
Received 4 Sept 1997Ham House, Bloomfield Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QU
Received 5 Sept 1997Home Farm, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 4 Sept 1997Cherry Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 5 Sept 1997Cherry Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 5 Sept 199756 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RZ
Received 8 Sept 1997HSBC, 104 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 8 Sept 1997Vacant Plot Between High Hall And Southlakes, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol,
Received 8 Sept 1997Street Record, Smallwood View, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 8 Sept 1997137 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BH
Received 8 Sept 1997New Chapter Farm, Coley, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AW
Received 9 Sept 19979 Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4AB
Received 9 Sept 1997North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, BS40 8RW
Received 9 Sept 199720 Eden Park Drive, Bath, BA1 7JJ
Received 8 Sept 199718 Derwent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NT
Received 8 Sept 1997Upper Twinhoe Farm, Upper Twinhoe, Wellow, BA2 8QX
Received 8 Sept 199718 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 9 Sept 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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