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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bathwick Tyres Limited, Highway Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BE
Received 30 Apr 1998Rose Cottage, Bengrove, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PH
Received 1 May 19986 The Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BU
Received 30 Apr 1998Mill House, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8EU
Received 1 May 1998Rose Cottages, Burnett Hill, Burnett, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TE
Received 30 Apr 1998The Firs, Maggs Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PH
Received 5 May 1998Radstock Appliances, 1 Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3EP
Received 30 Apr 1998Elton Farm, Wells Road, Dundry, North Somerset, BS41 8NQ
Received 6 May 199823 Long Barnaby, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TZ
Received 6 May 1998The Heritage, Smallcombe Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DU
Received 7 May 1998Molly Brook House, Coombe Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BG
Received 6 May 199836 Russet Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8ST
Received 6 May 1998The Halt, Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 6 May 1998Uplands Farm, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AA
Received 6 May 1998447 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AZ
Received 7 May 1998London Inn, (Now Known As Bar One Nine), 19 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DP
Received 7 May 199811 Bramley Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SJ
Received 8 May 19989 Medway Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RZ
Received 8 May 1998Site Between Crown Inn And 5, Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 8 May 1998Greenacres, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol
Received 8 May 19982 Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 7 May 19982 Ivy Cottages, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HL
Received 8 May 199831 Priston, Bath, BA2 9EG
Received 7 May 199825 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SW
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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