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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 New Buildings, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LB
Received 8 Jun 1998121 Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TT
Received 8 Jun 19981 Rose Cottage, Church Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol
Received 9 Jun 1998Cloud Hill Farm, Marsh Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5ST
Received 9 Jun 1998The Barn, Snatch, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PT
Received 9 Jun 1998Laurel Farm, Poor Hill, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0FP
Received 8 Jun 1998Jolly Sailor, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ER
Received 8 Jun 199817 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HS
Received 8 Jun 19989 Beech Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BE
Received 9 Jun 1998Fairfield Nursery, Home Farm, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol,
Received 10 Jun 1998Ferndale, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NG
Received 11 Jun 1998Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 11 Jun 1998Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 11 Jun 1998George And Dragon, 227 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath
Received 12 Jun 199827 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JF
Received 12 Jun 1998525 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HH
Received 12 Jun 1998Frys Social Club, Cross Street, Keynsham, BS31 2AU
Received 12 Jun 19981A St Clements Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1AF
Received 11 Jun 1998466 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DJ
Received 15 Jun 1998Bishop Sutton Post Office Store, The Street, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UU
Received 15 Jun 1998Malabar House, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AZ
Received 12 Jun 1998Monkswold, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HN
Received 16 Jun 199828 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NR
Received 16 Jun 1998Parcel 4689, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol,
Received 16 Jun 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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