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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
71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
580 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JU
Received 21 Jul 199812 Eagle Park, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HS
Received 21 Jul 1998Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RZ
Received 21 Jul 1998The Byre, Stowey, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TH
Received 21 Jul 1998Week Farm, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, BA2 8RF
Received 20 Jul 1998Paddock, Norman Road, Saltford,
Received 21 Jul 1998Church Farm Barn, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, BA2 7EX
Received 21 Jul 1998Redlands, Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EE
Received 21 Jul 1998Chew Valley Caravan Park, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5TY
Received 22 Jul 199826 Saltwell Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PE
Received 22 Jul 199850 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QH
Received 22 Jul 19982 Church Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LB
Received 22 Jul 1998Long Barn, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DQ
Received 22 Jul 199831 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PR
Received 23 Jul 199887 High Meadows, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2RZ
Received 23 Jul 1998Rose Cottage, Peats Hill, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HR
Received 23 Jul 1998Street Record, Church Square, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 22 Jul 1998Street Record, Somervale Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 22 Jul 19985 Bartholomew Row, South Road, Timsbury, BA2 0EJ
Received 24 Jul 1998Castle Farm, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PU
Received 24 Jul 1998Prospect Buildings, Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EQ
Received 7 Jul 199861 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RE
Received 27 Jul 199841 St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DX
Received 27 Jul 1998Unit 22, Third Avenue, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4XD
Received 27 Jul 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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