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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tandoori Garden, 45 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DS
Received 4 Dec 1997The Orchard, 80 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TG
Received 8 Dec 1997Env & Consumer Services, The Hollies, High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DP
Received 8 Dec 1997Old School Hall, Rackvernal Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2UG
Received 8 Dec 1997St Julians Well Cottage, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QS
Received 4 Dec 1997Stothert & Pitt Recreation Ground, Bristol Road, Corston, BA2 9AE
Received 4 Dec 199736 Waldegrave Terrace, Radstock, BA3 3EY
Received 4 Dec 1997Woodborough Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Compton Dando, BS39 4JT
Received 5 Dec 1997South Breach Cottage, Ashton Hill, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EY
Received 5 Dec 199730 Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8TY
Received 4 Dec 199752A High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DL
Received 9 Dec 19977 Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NN
Received 9 Dec 1997New Farm, Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SZ
Received 9 Dec 19973 Bartholomew Row, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EJ
Received 9 Dec 1997The Old Barn, Wellsway, Keynsham, BS31 1HT
Received 9 Dec 1997Sumac House, Loves Hill, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EU
Received 10 Dec 19972 Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AX
Received 11 Dec 199726 Pinewood Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RE
Received 11 Dec 1997Land Between Somer Ridge And Monger Cottages, Monger Lane, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 11 Dec 1997Greenlands, Stanton Drew, Bristol
Received 12 Dec 1997Chew Valley School, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB
Received 12 Dec 1997Oakridge, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AW
Received 15 Dec 1997Keynes Farm, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QL
Received 15 Dec 199743 Claverton Road West, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DU
Received 12 Dec 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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