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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakleaze, Bristol Road, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NH
Received 16 Apr 199814 Greyfield Common, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6YL
Received 16 Apr 1998Knowle Hill Farm, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TE
Received 16 Apr 1998Unit 15 Unoccupied Premises, Rockhill Estate, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Apr 1998Boyers, Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7EU
Received 16 Apr 1998Model Railway Hut In Garden Of Clarendon House, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HH
Received 16 Apr 199836 Dunster Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1WZ
Received 17 Apr 199869 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HX
Received 20 Apr 1998Keynsham Library, The Centre, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1ED
Received 20 Apr 199868 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AX
Received 20 Apr 199830 Parkway, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HD
Received 21 Apr 199811 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 21 Apr 1998The Laurels, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0ER
Received 20 Apr 1998Mumfords Vineyard, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7LQ
Received 20 Apr 1998Glen View, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AQ
Received 21 Apr 1998Harptree House, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AA
Received 22 Apr 199824 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 9 Apr 199843 Thicketmead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2ST
Received 20 Apr 1998Redlands House, Redland Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TW
Received 22 Apr 199812 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EE
Received 20 Apr 19986 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NW
Received 17 Apr 1998Upper Shockerwick Farm, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 17 Apr 1998Upper Shockerwick Farm, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 17 Apr 19981 Chalfield Close, Keynsham, BS31 1JZ
Received 22 Apr 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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