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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5NW
Received 12 Mar 19981 Lark Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4PX
Received 11 Mar 1998Keynes Farm, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QL
Received 12 Mar 1998Midland Bank Plc, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 12 Mar 1998The Firs, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NW
Received 12 Mar 199843 The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4DT
Received 11 Mar 199859 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 12 Mar 1998Yeomans Cottage, Englishcombe, Bath, BA2 9DU
Received 12 Mar 1998Huckleberry, Undertown Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ND
Received 11 Mar 199871 Valley View Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PZ
Received 13 Mar 1998Aldergrove, Langfords Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HN
Received 11 Mar 1998Malthouse Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 13 Mar 1998Woodford Lodge, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XH
Received 12 Mar 1998Potters Yard, Water Street, East Harptree, BS40 6AD
Received 13 Mar 1998Cholwell Lodge, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DH
Received 13 Mar 1998Wyvern, Woollard, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 16 Mar 1998Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 16 Mar 199811 Providence Place, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2LD
Received 16 Mar 199811 Holly Walk, Radstock, BA3 3TT
Received 16 Mar 19981 Summerlea, Priston, BA2 9EF
Received 16 Mar 19983 Vicarage Gardens, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JP
Received 13 Mar 1998Windyridge, Newtown, Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TQ
Received 17 Mar 1998Lower Twinhoe Farm Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, BA2 8QY
Received 17 Mar 1998Lower Twinhoe Farm Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, BA2 8QY
Received 17 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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