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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Co-op Dairy Building, Tyning Hill, Radstock
Received 13 Feb 1998Land Adjoining, 6 Rackvernal Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UG
Received 13 Feb 19986 Yew Tree Close, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5UG
Received 12 Feb 199813 Bloomfield Close, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LP
Received 11 Feb 1998Valley View, Dunkerton Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8PF
Received 11 Feb 1998Lower Shockerwick Lodge, Box Road, Bathford, BA1 7LP
Received 16 Feb 1998Rose & Crown Inn, High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7SN
Received 16 Feb 199871 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PY
Received 16 Feb 1998Compton, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 12 Feb 1998Homewood Farm, Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath
Received 13 Feb 1998Walton House, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WF
Received 12 Feb 1998Manor Farm, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UW
Received 17 Feb 1998Greenbank Cottage, 5 The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 17 Feb 199834 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 17 Feb 199834 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 17 Feb 199840 Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BZ
Received 12 Feb 1998Paulton Junior & Infant School, Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY
Received 16 Feb 1998Ralph Allen School, Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7AD
Received 13 Feb 199868 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AX
Received 16 Feb 1998Sleepy Hollow, Pitway Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TX
Received 18 Feb 1998Land To The Rear Of 24-42 Temple Street, The Labbott Car Park, Keynsham,
Received 18 Feb 1998St Phillips And St James Residential Home, 9-10 Priory Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BX
Received 17 Feb 1998Stanton Wick Farm, Stanton Wick Farm Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DB
Received 17 Feb 1998Lower Barn, Tuggy's Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SL
Received 16 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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