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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71,451 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Highfields, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3UH
Received 12 Feb 1997Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 11 Feb 1997Unit 18, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2BB
Received 11 Feb 1997Street Record, Swainswick Lane, Batheaston, Bath
Received 13 Feb 1997Ham House, Bloomfield Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QU
Received 13 Feb 199746 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QQ
Received 13 Feb 19971 Scobell Rise, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JY
Received 14 Feb 1997Bridge House, Streamside, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RQ
Received 14 Feb 199720 Underleaf Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SY
Received 17 Feb 1997Kiosks (West Of England) Ltd, 39-41 Holmoak Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RZ
Received 18 Feb 199739 - 41 Holmoak Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2RZ
Received 18 Feb 1997Wellow House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QE
Received 18 Feb 1997Wellow House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QE
Received 18 Feb 1997Coley Hill Farm, Coley, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AW
Received 17 Feb 199716 Rush Hill, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TP
Received 18 Feb 1997Street Record, Footpath Old England Way To Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 18 Feb 1997Woodlands, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 18 Feb 19979A Rush Hill, Farrington Gurney, BS39 6TP
Received 18 Feb 1997Tree Tops, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WF
Received 17 Feb 1997Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 18 Feb 1997Hollowbrook Cottage, Hollowbrook, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS18 4TX
Received 19 Feb 1997Longwood House, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AP
Received 18 Feb 199711 Lambourn Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PR
Received 19 Feb 199747 Ashgrove, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8EE
Received 19 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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