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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Silva House Veterinary Group, 3 Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2ET
Received 11 Aug 19982 Westbourne Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JD
Received 10 Aug 19982 Bloomfield Close, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LP
Received 10 Aug 1998Summerhaze Farm, Church Street, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AS
Received 11 Aug 19985 Maesbury Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JR
Received 12 Aug 1998Chew House, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PZ
Received 12 Aug 1998Leamon Farm House, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 12 Aug 1998Leamon Farm House, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 12 Aug 1998Dippinstile, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UB
Received 12 Aug 1998Hillside Gardens, Tadwick, Bath, BA1 8AH
Received 10 Aug 19981 Northend, Rock Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AH
Received 12 Aug 1998Dry Arch Villa, Warminster Road, Bath, BA2 6XH
Received 12 Aug 1998242 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TG
Received 13 Aug 1998167 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JE
Received 12 Aug 1998Upper Barrow Hill Farm, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, BA2 0HL
Received 12 Aug 1998Meadow Brook, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AT
Received 13 Aug 1998Becketts Place, 22 The Street, Marksbury, BA2 9HP
Received 14 Aug 1998Hillcrest, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QS
Received 14 Aug 1998Parcel 2226, Hayboro Way, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 14 Aug 1998Church View Barn, Queen Charlton Lane, Queen Charlton, BS31 2SQ
Received 14 Aug 1998Church Farm, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 17 Aug 1998Street Record, Damson Orchard, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 14 Aug 1998Pets Corner, 62 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DQ
Received 17 Aug 1998Cypress Lodge, The Witheys, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QB
Received 17 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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