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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eastwick Farm, 3400 Stanton Wick, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BX
Received 25 Feb 1998Heather Grange, Lansdown Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4NA
Received 25 Feb 199816 Kings Oak Meadow, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SU
Received 25 Feb 1998Deacons Yard, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 25 Feb 19981 Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TY
Received 25 Feb 1998The Post Office, The Street, Compton Martin, BS40 6JA
Received 25 Feb 1998Cobblers Cottage, Church Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LG
Received 25 Feb 1998Abbey Farm, Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PS
Received 25 Feb 1998Down Cottage, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BP
Received 26 Feb 1998Manor Deer Farm, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BP
Received 25 Feb 1998Manor Deer Farm, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BP
Received 25 Feb 19982 Oldmere Cottages, High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TJ
Received 26 Feb 1998Kingwell Barn, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HH
Received 27 Feb 1998Street Record, Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol,
Received 26 Feb 1998Priors Croft, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 27 Feb 1998Broadlands School, St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 2DY
Received 26 Feb 19983 Abbey Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BT
Received 27 Feb 1998Walcot Rugby Club, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 26 Feb 1998Saltford Manor, Queen Square, Saltford, Bristol, BS18 3EL
Received 26 Feb 1998Camway Cottage, Nanny Hurns Lane, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AJ
Received 27 Feb 1998Frys Social Club, Cross Street, Keynsham, BS31 2AU
Received 26 Feb 1998Elm Park Court, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SS
Received 26 Feb 1998Church Cottage, 20 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BQ
Received 25 Feb 1998Church Cottage, 20 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BQ
Received 25 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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