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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Priestdown Farm, Priestdown Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HS
Received 3 Nov 1998The Waterside Restaurant, Church Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AQ
Received 4 Nov 1998Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RW
Received 4 Nov 1998The Old Rectory, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AN
Received 4 Nov 199828 Dunster Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1WZ
Received 4 Nov 199878 Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HH
Received 4 Nov 1998Brunel House, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 4 Nov 19981 Dragons Hill Gardens, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LN
Received 4 Nov 1998Christmas Cottage, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PJ
Received 5 Nov 1998Stockwood Vale Golf Club, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS31 2ER
Received 5 Nov 199815 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UQ
Received 6 Nov 19984 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EE
Received 6 Nov 199835 Goldney Way, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DU
Received 6 Nov 1998Islett, Pagans Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QJ
Received 6 Nov 1998Doverhay, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QS
Received 9 Nov 1998Radstock House, The Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PR
Received 9 Nov 1998Stable, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 9 Nov 1998105 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QE
Received 9 Nov 1998Stoke Tyning, Warminster Road, Limpley Stoke, Bath, BA2 7GJ
Received 9 Nov 1998Pony & Trap, Newtown, Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TQ
Received 10 Nov 199812 Wheelers Close, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2BZ
Received 10 Nov 1998Curtsons (Radstock) Ltd Brookside Works, Mill Road, Radstock, BA3 5TX
Received 11 Nov 199840 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
Received 11 Nov 1998Wesley Hall, Paulton Methodist Church, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QQ
Received 11 Nov 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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