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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Glanville Drive, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5GF
Received 16 Jul 1998The Hollies, Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JA
Received 16 Jul 199827 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DP
Received 16 Jul 1998Telecommunications Mast, Football Ground, Under Tree Road, Camerton, Bath,
Received 16 Jul 199829 Hazel Grove, Westfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BT
Received 15 Jul 199841 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 15 Jul 199810 Parkway, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NP
Received 15 Jul 1998Willow Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 17 Jul 1998Orchard Barn Northend Farm, Northend Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QP
Received 17 Jul 1998Midridge, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 4LL
Received 17 Jul 1998Lower Loft, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8ES
Received 15 Jul 1998Parcel 6785, Summer Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath,
Received 15 Jul 1998Mill Court, The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HA
Received 17 Jul 1998Hartwell House, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TA
Received 20 Jul 1998Salisbury Farm Cottage, Clandown Road, Paulton, BS39 7SH
Received 20 Jul 1998Springfield Colliery Tip, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 17 Jul 1998Upper Midford Farm, Upper Midford, Bath, BA2 7EJ
Received 20 Jul 19989 Somerset Folly, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HD
Received 20 Jul 1998Tree Walls, 4 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JN
Received 20 Jul 1998Thistledown, Park Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HE
Received 21 Jul 1998Long Byre, Barn Lane, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NN
Received 21 Jul 19984 Braysdown Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SD
Received 20 Jul 199810 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EE
Received 21 Jul 199875 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TF
Received 21 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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