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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chapel Cottage, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BS
Received 23 Dec 1997Tudor Cottages, South Widcombe, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BL
Received 23 Dec 1997Parcel 0074, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol,
Received 23 Dec 1997Drifters Lodge, Brittens, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LD
Received 24 Dec 1997Coley Hill Farm, Coley, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AW
Received 30 Dec 1997Camway Cottage, Nanny Hurns Lane, Cameley, BS39 5AJ
Received 24 Dec 1997Bath Spa University College, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN
Received 24 Dec 19978 Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4NL
Received 29 Dec 19977 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QG
Received 30 Dec 1997Westway Farm, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5XP
Received 30 Dec 19973 Manor Close, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UT
Received 30 Dec 1997Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 30 Dec 1997Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 12 Dec 199728 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PZ
Received 30 Dec 1997Yew Tree Cottage, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UW
Received 30 Dec 199742 Fir Tree Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SQ
Received 30 Dec 199728 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QB
Received 31 Dec 1997Yew Tree Farmhouse, Cockers Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JX
Received 31 Dec 1997Parcel 4722, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 31 Dec 1997STREET RECORD, Under Knoll, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Dec 1997Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 31 Dec 199714 Powlett Road, Bath, BA2 6QH
Received 8 May 1998Firtree Cottage, Hampton Row, Bath, BA2 6QS
Received 7 May 19982 Gloucester Street, Bath, BA1 2SE
Received 7 May 1998Records 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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