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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paglinch Farm, Access Road To Paglinch Farm, Shoscombe, BA2 8NQ
Received 18 Nov 1998Street Record, Green Close, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 18 Nov 1998Stockwood Farm, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8NE
Received 16 Nov 1998Stockwood Farm, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8NE
Received 16 Nov 199837 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PD
Received 19 Nov 1998Silver Birches, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YF
Received 19 Nov 1998Sheilas Cottage, High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BH
Received 23 Nov 1998Windyridge, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LP
Received 20 Nov 1998Monkton Combe School, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HG
Received 19 Nov 1998The Mead, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8EZ
Received 19 Nov 1998Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Radstock, BA3 3RZ
Received 20 Nov 1998Parsons Newsagency, 2 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2HQ
Received 20 Nov 1998Temple Bridge Farm, Temple Bridge, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5AA
Received 20 Nov 199836 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PD
Received 20 Nov 1998Walcott Cottage, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BW
Received 20 Nov 1998Tennis Courts, Paths Through Keynsham Memorial Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DG
Received 19 Nov 1998Bungalow Farm, East Harptree Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HE
Received 20 Nov 19982 Market Place, Radstock, BA3 3AE
Received 24 Nov 1998Royal British Legion, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QF
Received 24 Nov 199820 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QD
Received 25 Nov 1998Whitehaven, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SP
Received 25 Nov 19985 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SH
Received 25 Nov 199816 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7PX
Received 25 Nov 1998Woodlands, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA
Received 25 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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