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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Norton Radstock College, Ellsbridge House, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TL
Received 4 Aug 1998Ashmead House, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 4 Aug 1998Whispers, Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HU
Received 5 Aug 1998Open Space, Dene Close, Keynsham, BS31 1RL
Received 5 Aug 199817 Bushythorn Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XP
Received 5 Aug 1998New Inn, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BY
Received 5 Aug 1998Shockerwick Stables, Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 5 Aug 1998Sun Chemicals Limited, Old Pit Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 4RT
Received 5 Aug 1998198 Newbridge House, Woollard, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4HU
Received 5 Aug 19982 The Ginnels, The Avenue, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HU
Received 6 Aug 1998(Former Crocketts Showroom), 111 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 6 Aug 1998Paulton Junior & Infant School, Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY
Received 7 Aug 1998Poplar House, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Received 7 Aug 1998Farrington Inn, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TG
Received 6 Aug 1998Parcel 0002, Newtown Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath,
Received 7 Aug 1998Manor Farm, Church Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AS
Received 6 Aug 19984 Homemead, Corston Lane, Corston, BA2 9AE
Received 5 Aug 1998The Hunting Lodge, 127 London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JF
Received 7 Aug 1998The Hunting Lodge, 127 London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JF
Received 7 Aug 1998198 Newbridge House, Woollard, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4HU
Received 10 Aug 1998Freshford & District Tennis Club, Abbey Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7TD
Received 10 Aug 199814 Culvers Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DW
Received 5 Aug 1998Elm Cottage, Burnett, Bristol, BS31 2TF
Received 11 Aug 1998Church Farm, Church Square, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SG
Received 11 Aug 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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