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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 6 Oct 1998West Kings, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5QQ
Received 6 Oct 19983 Church Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LF
Received 8 Oct 1998Stothert & Pitt Tennis Club Stony Lane Newton Fields, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9EU
Received 8 Oct 1998Peasedown Athletic FC, Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AA
Received 8 Oct 1998Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1SN
Received 8 Oct 1998Lamb Hotel, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QQ
Received 9 Oct 199859 Welton Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TT
Received 12 Oct 1998Honeysuckle Cottage, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QS
Received 12 Oct 199873 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TF
Received 12 Oct 1998477 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BA
Received 9 Oct 1998Old Welton Transfer Station, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2AA
Received 12 Oct 1998Plot 21, Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 13 Oct 1998The Streets, The Street, Farmborough, BA2 0AR
Received 13 Oct 1998Chew Hill Holt, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 14 Oct 1998West House Farm, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AR
Received 2 Jan 1998Hill View House, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PD
Received 5 Jan 1998Tythe Barn, Mill Lane, Priston, BA2 9EQ
Received 5 Jan 1998Five Hills, 2 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 6 Jan 19986 Hayes Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QJ
Received 6 Jan 1998Cameley Cottage, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AJ
Received 6 Jan 1998Upper Barrow Hill Farm, Barrow Hill, Farmborough, BA2 0HL
Received 7 Jan 1998Saltford Manor, Queen Square, Saltford, Bristol, BS18 3EL
Received 7 Jan 199891 Cooks Hill, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RD
Received 6 Jan 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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