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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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War Cottage, Burnett, Bristol, BS31 2TF
Received 17 Aug 1998258 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 17 Aug 1998Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 17 Aug 1998Post Office, 1 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SH
Received 19 Aug 19986 The Street, Radstock, BA3 3PL
Received 19 Aug 1998Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 19 Aug 1998Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 19 Aug 1998Field Behind Barrow House, Stitchings Lane, Inglesbatch, Bath, BA2 9DZ
Received 19 Aug 1998St Johns C Of E Primary School, Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2NB
Received 19 Aug 1998Winding Cottage, Paulwood Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DE
Received 21 Aug 1998Paradise Cottage, Sandy Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RT
Received 21 Aug 1998Whitehaven Nursing Home, Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AU
Received 24 Aug 1998Trotters Mead, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 25 Aug 1998Manor Cross House, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PJ
Received 25 Aug 1998Fairseat Farm, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol
Received 24 Aug 1998Bathford Paper Mill, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QG
Received 20 Aug 1998Rock House, Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EG
Received 21 Aug 199815 Green Tree Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UU
Received 26 Aug 1998The Old Rectory, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 24 Aug 1998The Old Rectory, Combe Hay, Bath, BA2 7EG
Received 24 Aug 1998435 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DG
Received 24 Aug 19984 Crossways Caravan Site, Dunkerton, Bath, BA2 8BT
Received 21 Aug 1998Scout Hut, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EP
Received 24 Aug 1998B&NES Riverside Offices, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA
Received 24 Aug 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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