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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
71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hunting Lodge East, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7JF
Received 24 Apr 19973 Wallenge Drive, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PX
Received 25 Apr 1997Parcel 3477, Broom Hill Lane, High Littleton, Bristol,
Received 25 Apr 1997Chandag Service Station, 20 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1NN
Received 25 Apr 1997Steps, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath
Received 25 Apr 1997Telephone Exchange, Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DB
Received 28 Apr 19978 Crossways Caravan Site, Fosseway, Dunkerton, BA2 8BT
Received 24 Apr 1997Littleton Falls, Chew Road, Chew Magna, BS40 8HJ
Received 24 Apr 1997301 Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2SU
Received 24 Apr 1997Pineview, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QF
Received 29 Apr 1997Barn Rugbourne Farm, Access Road To Rugbourne Farm, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JS
Received 28 Apr 1997Barn Rugbourne Farm, Access Road To Rugbourne Farm, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JS
Received 28 Apr 199730 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 28 Apr 19977 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NS
Received 29 Apr 199731 Queens Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2NQ
Received 29 Apr 199713 Ham Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TW
Received 30 Apr 1997Portbridge Mill, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QL
Received 30 Apr 1997Harveys Sports Ground, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BT
Received 30 Apr 1997Beechcroft Residential Home, 75 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QE
Received 30 Apr 1997St. Keyna, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8NE
Received 30 Apr 1997St Keyna, Stockwood Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 8NE
Received 24 Apr 1997Eden Cottage, 32 Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AE
Received 30 Apr 19976 Mill Cottages, The Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EY
Received 31 Oct 1997Bensons Health & Fitness Centre (Old Drill Hall), Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 3 Nov 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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