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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
71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Anvil Cottage, Ford Road, Wellow, BA2 8QF
Received 2 Oct 1997136 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TH
Received 2 Oct 1997Dominos Pizza, 70 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DQ
Received 2 Oct 199751-53 New Buildings, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LB
Received 1 Oct 199719 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DP
Received 1 Oct 1997Parcel 3641, Cockers Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol,
Received 29 Sept 1997Clutton Airfield, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QL
Received 29 Sept 199754 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BW
Received 29 Sept 1997Baggeridge Farm, Baggridge Hill, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QP
Received 29 Sept 1997Garden Land To Rear Of, Cinderlands, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AF
Received 30 Sept 1997Beaver Lodge, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AF
Received 30 Sept 19972 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 1 Oct 199734 Coombend, Radstock
Received 1 Oct 1997Old Sandybank Inn, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EX
Received 1 Oct 1997The Cottage, Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PG
Received 3 Oct 1997End Farm, St Catherine Lane, St. Catherine, Bath, BA1 8HA
Received 1 Oct 19971 Stowey Cottages, Goldcross, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4DL
Received 6 Oct 1997Cliff Cottage, The Coombe, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JD
Received 6 Oct 199788 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EQ
Received 6 Oct 1997The Long Cottage, Chew Magna, Bristol
Received 6 Oct 19972 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 1 Oct 19976 Meadgate, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0NL
Received 6 Oct 1997Barn And Parcel 6592, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath,
Received 6 Oct 1997Chew Stoke Primary School, School Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UY
Received 8 Oct 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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