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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HS
Received 10 Nov 1997Rowley House, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EF
Received 10 Nov 1997286 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 10 Nov 1997Beacon Hall, French Close, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8SN
Received 7 Nov 1997The Grange, Gloucester Road, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AD
Received 11 Nov 1997Orchard Lea, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JP
Received 10 Nov 199731 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BY
Received 11 Nov 199733 Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TT
Received 11 Nov 199767A Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 1 Sept 1997The Signal Box, Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QG
Received 23 Oct 1997The Manor, Queen Charlton Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SH
Received 12 Nov 199710 Underhill Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SE
Received 12 Nov 1997Cheeky Monkey's, Pows Orchard, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2HY
Received 12 Nov 1997Sandstones, Fosse Way, Clandown, Radstock, BA3 3BL
Received 13 Nov 199769 Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6RU
Received 13 Nov 1997Broadlands School, St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 2DY
Received 14 Nov 1997Twin Cross, 6 Barn End Proud Cross, Middle Street, East Harptree, BS40 6BT
Received 17 Nov 1997Rose Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XQ
Received 12 Nov 1997Boystown, Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 14 Nov 1997Turnpike Cottage, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XF
Received 17 Nov 1997Grove Bungalow, Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TS
Received 17 Nov 1997The Rookery, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PS
Received 14 Nov 1997The Rookery, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PS
Received 14 Nov 1997The Coal Yard, Marsh Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 4ST
Received 13 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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