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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Orchard, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RR
Received 19 Jun 1998Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 18 Jun 1998Raleigh House, 9A Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1HS
Received 18 Jun 1998Ken's Fish Bar, 19B Bath Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8DH
Received 19 Jun 1998Orchard End, Church Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TU
Received 19 Jun 1998Perfectools, Coombend, Radstock
Received 19 Jun 1998River View, Steel Mills, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EZ
Received 19 Jun 199815 Shelley Road, Bath, BA2 4RJ
Received 22 Jun 1998Telephone Exchange, Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DB
Received 18 Jun 19981 Lakeside Close, Nempnett Thrubwell, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8YT
Received 23 Jun 19984 Sunnymead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TA
Received 23 Jun 1998Priory Farm, Vicarage Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LA
Received 23 Jun 19983 - 5 Bath New Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AF
Received 23 Jun 199826 Parklands, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6LB
Received 23 Jun 1998Meade Cottage, Redhill, Bristol, BS18 7TR
Received 23 Jun 1998Willow Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 22 Jun 1998Persistence, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol
Received 24 Jun 19985 Hills Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SW
Received 24 Jun 1998Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TS
Received 19 Jun 1998Kennels, Staunton Manor House, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QG
Received 23 Jun 1998Bourne House, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LQ
Received 24 Jun 1998The Streets, The Street, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0AR
Received 24 Jun 1998Corner Cottage, 12 Goold Close, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AF
Received 24 Jun 1998Westleigh, Publow Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HP
Received 24 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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