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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Willows, High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HB
Received 21 Sept 199842 Long Barnaby, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TZ
Received 21 Sept 1998Development Land At The Orchard, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol,
Received 21 Sept 1998Electricity Substation, Williams Green, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 22 Sept 1998Parcel 6655, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol,
Received 22 Sept 1998Willow House, Kennet Park, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SS
Received 22 Sept 19989 Morris Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 22 Sept 19989 Morris Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 22 Sept 1998St. Marys Surgery, St Marys Close, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HX
Received 23 Sept 1998Orchard, Mill Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EN
Received 23 Sept 1998Lower Shortwood Farm, Lower Shortwood, Litton, Radstock
Received 23 Sept 1998Willow Barn, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 16 Sept 19989 Morris Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 16 Sept 1998Hicks Gate Farm Shop, Hicks Gate, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 23 Sept 199812 Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TB
Received 24 Sept 199837 Rackvernal Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UG
Received 24 Sept 1998Windle-Mydd, Wells Road, Hallatrow, BS39 6EJ
Received 24 Sept 1998Street Record, Under Knoll, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 24 Sept 1998132 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TA
Received 24 Sept 1998Ashes Hill Farm, Kilkenny Lane, Englishcombe, Bath, BA2 2SJ
Received 25 Sept 199836 Wellow Tyning, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LJ
Received 25 Sept 1998Norton Radstock College, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3RW
Received 25 Sept 1998Long House East, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JH
Received 28 Sept 19989 Woodcroft, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XL
Received 28 Sept 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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