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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 14 Nov 1997Sunny Acres, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QT
Received 18 Nov 1997Vine Cottage, Avon Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ES
Received 18 Nov 1997Batheaston Medical Centre, Coalpit Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NP
Received 18 Nov 199771 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HX
Received 18 Nov 1997Integrity Print Ltd, First Avenue, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BS
Received 19 Nov 199759 Thicketmead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SJ
Received 19 Nov 19972 Duchy Cottage, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UF
Received 19 Nov 1997Greyfield Farm, The Gug, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6YQ
Received 19 Nov 1997Barn 2 Paglinch Farm, Access Road To Paglinch Farm, Shoscombe, BA2 8NQ
Received 19 Nov 1997Kingwell Barn, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HH
Received 20 Nov 199710 Haydon Hill, Radstock, BA3 3QX
Received 20 Nov 1997Hadleigh, The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4DT
Received 20 Nov 19977 Lower Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EZ
Received 20 Nov 1997Whitehaven House, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SP
Received 20 Nov 1997Manor Farm, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EX
Received 19 Nov 199734 Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4NL
Received 25 Nov 1997Birchlawn, Undertown, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NB
Received 21 Nov 199713 Lilian Terrace, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5QN
Received 21 Nov 199710 Riverside Gardens, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2NS
Received 21 Nov 1997Cinderlands, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AF
Received 21 Nov 1997Unit 16, Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AP
Received 19 Nov 1997Parfitt Removals Limited, Wells Road, Westfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3SB
Received 21 Nov 19978 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SJ
Received 21 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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