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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8PW
Received 2 Feb 1998Meadow Bank, Water Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AD
Received 2 Feb 199834 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AF
Received 2 Feb 1998Leafy Way, Mearns, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JR
Received 2 Feb 19986 Squire Lane, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PP
Received 2 Feb 1998Tilly Granary, High Street, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EB
Received 2 Feb 1998Windy Ridge, Norton Malreward, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4EZ
Received 3 Feb 199825 Churchways, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PL
Received 3 Feb 1998Burnside, Walley Court Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XN
Received 3 Feb 19985-7 Bath Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3HE
Received 4 Feb 1998Lynwood, Grove Wood Road, Haydon, Radstock, BA3 3QY
Received 4 Feb 1998Ashgrove Motors, Elm Terrace, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3XP
Received 5 Feb 1998Maple Lodge, Sutton Yard, Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5UR
Received 5 Feb 1998Rosedale, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UB
Received 5 Feb 199820 Steam Mills, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JZ
Received 6 Feb 1998Charlcombe Manor, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath
Received 9 Feb 1998(Waldun), 279 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RL
Received 5 Feb 19983 Bannerdown Drive, Bath, BA1 7JW
Received 5 Feb 1998Westleigh, Publow Lane, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4HP
Received 9 Feb 199810 Cadbury Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JW
Received 9 Feb 1998All Saints Church, Church Lane, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0AN
Received 6 Feb 1998Haydon House, Kilmersdon Road, Radstock
Received 9 Feb 1998Flat 1 , 2 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QA
Received 9 Feb 199813 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QG
Received 9 Feb 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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