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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
(Llandell Mills Associates), Columbus House - Now Converted To Flats And Yew Tree Cottage, Trossachs Drive, Bath, BA2 6RR
Received 25 Aug 1998Holly House, 16 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 27 Aug 199823 Worcester Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8TU
Received 27 Aug 1998The Old Stable, Old Crown Inn, Bath Road, Kelston, BA1 9AQ
Received 21 Aug 1998The Crown Inn, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AQ
Received 21 Aug 1998Cloud Rocks, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QS
Received 27 Aug 1998Home Farm, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SW
Received 27 Aug 1998Caravans @, Woodborough Farm, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath
Received 21 Aug 1998Bluebell Cottage, 129 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BH
Received 28 Aug 1998Bluebell Cottage, 129 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BH
Received 28 Aug 1998Mill Road Garage, Mill Road, Radstock, BA3 5TX
Received 28 Aug 1998Parcel 0043, Breach Hill Common, Chew Stoke, Bristol,
Received 28 Aug 1998Clutton Airfield, King Lane, Clutton, BS39 5QL
Received 1 Sept 1998Collier House, Cuckoo Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YJ
Received 2 Sept 1998The White House, 9 Keels Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8ER
Received 1 Sept 199813 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TU
Received 1 Sept 199820 Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2ND
Received 28 Aug 199827 Laxton Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TA
Received 1 Sept 199827 Laxton Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TA
Received 4 Sept 1998Hanover Square East, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 28 Aug 1998Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 4 Sept 1998Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 4 Sept 199812 Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BA
Received 3 Sept 1998Orchard Cottage, Dovers Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SX
Received 3 Sept 1998Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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