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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AD
Received 29 Jun 19986 Dene Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RL
Received 2 Jul 1998Saltford Farm Barn, 565A Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BA31 3JS
Received 2 Jul 1998Parcel 0011, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, BA2 0HL
Received 1 Jul 1998The Globe Inn, Pennyquick, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BB
Received 2 Jul 199852 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QY
Received 1 Jul 199815 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 1 Jul 1998173 Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UU
Received 1 Jul 199849 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SZ
Received 1 Jul 1998Five Acres, Bath Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3HE
Received 1 Jul 1998Five Acres, Bath Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3HE
Received 1 Jul 1998The Cottage, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AT
Received 3 Jul 1998Lower Shortwood Farm, Whitehouse Lane, Hinton Blewett, BA3 4PS
Received 3 Jul 1998Kingfisher House, Culvery Lane, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AG
Received 6 Jul 1998Stanton Drew Primary School, Upper Stanton, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EQ
Received 6 Jul 1998Rosebank, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AA
Received 6 Jul 199816 Victoria Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AW
Received 6 Jul 199827 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DP
Received 3 Jul 1998Leamon Farm House, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 7 Jul 199815 Welland Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PB
Received 7 Jul 19987 Miller Walk, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TJ
Received 7 Jul 1998Newlyn, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NL
Received 7 Jul 1998205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 6 Jul 1998205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 6 Jul 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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