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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Kingston Avenue, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3LF
Received 22 Jan 199713 St Georges Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RN
Received 22 Jan 1997Furlong Cottage, Highfield Lane, Compton Martin, BS40 6JL
Received 24 Jan 1997Lane End, The Batch, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7UY
Received 27 Jan 1997The Dower House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 27 Jan 1997Gournay Court, The Street, West Harptree, BS40 6EB
Received 27 Jan 199784 Millfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PG
Received 24 Jan 1997Pound Hill Cottage, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EW
Received 24 Jan 19976 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 24 Jan 1997No 3, Willow Cottages, The Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EX
Received 27 Jan 1997No 3, Willow Cottages, The Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EX
Received 27 Jan 1997De-Grassi, North Road, Timsbury, BA2 0JH
Received 27 Jan 1997Street Record, The Heritage, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 27 Jan 199741 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1SL
Received 24 Jan 1997Belle Vue Farm, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DZ
Received 27 Jan 199713 Parklands, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6LB
Received 27 Jan 1997Heighgrove Barn, Scumbrum Lane, High Littleton, BS39 6JN
Received 27 Jan 1997Laburnum Cottage, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DJ
Received 28 Jan 19975 Fenton Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AT
Received 28 Jan 1997Street Record, Eastwood, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 29 Jan 1997The Malthouse, Chelwood, Bristol, BS18 4NN
Received 29 Jan 1997565A Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JS
Received 28 Jan 1997565A Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JS
Received 28 Jan 1997The Chequers, High Street, Freshford, BA2 7WF
Received 29 Jan 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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