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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Lytes Cary Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XL
Received 23 Mar 1998Littleton Cottage, Littleton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QN
Received 23 Mar 1998Crossway Stables, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 24 Mar 1998Parcel 4273, Wood Lane, Priston, Bath,
Received 25 Mar 1998Stowey Quarry, Stowey, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 26 Mar 1998Southlands, Gibbet Lane, Bristol, BS14 0BX
Received 26 Mar 1998Shrublands, 8 The Batch, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EN
Received 25 Mar 1998Red Post Inn, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JH
Received 25 Mar 1998Castle Farm-Barn Only, Midford Road, Midford, BA2 7BU
Received 25 Mar 1998Kelston Park, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AE
Received 17 Mar 199822 Handel Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1BT
Received 25 Mar 1998Brook Cottage, Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HU
Received 25 Mar 1998Single Hill Nursery School, Eckweek Road, Peasedown St. John, BA2 8EQ
Received 26 Mar 1998Bathford Haulage Yard, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SD
Received 27 Mar 19985 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 27 Mar 19985 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 27 Mar 1998East Kings, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QQ
Received 25 Mar 1998The Vines, Cameley Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AF
Received 30 Mar 1998Traditional Fish And Chips, Fosseway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AX
Received 30 Mar 19981 Eagle Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HL
Received 30 Mar 1998The Crown, 500 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS39 5BS
Received 31 Mar 199828 Woodcroft, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XN
Received 31 Mar 1998Willows End, Lansdown Road, Saltford, BS31 3BB
Received 31 Mar 1998Enzeli, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AP
Received 31 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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