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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Truffles, Church Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5UP
Received 6 Feb 1997Revilo, 82 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 6 Feb 1997Field Farm Cottages, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TH
Received 6 Feb 1997The Mount, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EG
Received 5 Feb 199738 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JJ
Received 5 Feb 1997Upton Grey, 6 Streamside, Chew Magna, BS40 8QZ
Received 6 Feb 199717 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 6 Feb 1997The Glebe House, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EH
Received 7 Feb 1997Parcel 6485, Smitham's Hill, East Harptree, Bristol,
Received 7 Feb 1997Bath Racecourse, Access Road To Bath Race Course, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BU
Received 10 Feb 19977 Bannerdown Drive, Bath, BA1 7JW
Received 10 Feb 1997Street Record, Worcester Close, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 10 Feb 1997Springwells, 29 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TE
Received 10 Feb 19979 Chestnut Close, Radstock, BA3 3UY
Received 10 Feb 1997(Former Crocketts Showroom), 111 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 10 Feb 1997Foxcombe Cottage, Dean Hill Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4DU
Received 11 Feb 199715 Green Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7TL
Received 10 Feb 199739 Old England Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SW
Received 11 Feb 1997Hill View, High Street, Priston, BA2 9EE
Received 11 Feb 1997Weavers Farm, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8QE
Received 11 Feb 19974 Sunnymead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TA
Received 11 Feb 19979 Ash Tree Court, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3UL
Received 11 Feb 1997Hill House, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BX
Received 11 Feb 199772 Millfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PG
Received 12 Feb 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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