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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Millfield, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PG
Received 2 Mar 1998Alma Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 23 Feb 1998Alma Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 23 Feb 1998Cherry Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 23 Feb 1998Cherry Cottage, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SX
Received 23 Feb 1998Mountstevens, 50A High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1DX
Received 2 Mar 1998Pear Tree Cottages, 158 Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YB
Received 3 Mar 1998Squirrels Leap, 62 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AG
Received 3 Mar 199851 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JQ
Received 3 Mar 1998Sunnyside, Nailwell, Bath, BA2 9EA
Received 3 Mar 1998Duncorn, Nailwell, Bath, BA2 9EA
Received 3 Mar 1998Fry Club, Somerdale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AU
Received 5 Mar 1998Seven Stars Inn, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JJ
Received 5 Mar 1998Penwood, Old Road, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BB
Received 4 Mar 1998Radford Retail Systems Ltd, Chew Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS18 8UE
Received 5 Mar 1998Radford Retail Systems Ltd, Chew Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS18 8UE
Received 5 Mar 1998Lady Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NN
Received 5 Mar 1998Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 4 Mar 19983 May Tree Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2RY
Received 6 Mar 1998Lady Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NN
Received 6 Mar 1998Radford Retail Systems Ltd, Chew Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS18 8UE
Received 6 Mar 19987 Downsway, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7XH
Received 6 Mar 1998Co-Operative Funeral Service, 8 Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RH
Received 6 Mar 1998Mulberry House, South Road, Timsbury, BA2 0EJ
Received 6 Mar 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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