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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 St Anthonys Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UL
Received 11 Nov 1998South Hill House, Radford Hill, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0QP
Received 11 Nov 1998High View, 2 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4AE
Received 12 Nov 1998High View, 2 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4AE
Received 11 Nov 199850 High Street, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3EJ
Received 11 Nov 1998The Old Post Office, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, BA2 8NB
Received 12 Nov 199816 Vale View, Radstock, BA3 3QD
Received 13 Nov 1998The Garden House, 1A The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, BA2 9AQ
Received 12 Nov 1998Cedar House, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QJ
Received 13 Nov 199813 Bilbie Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XW
Received 16 Nov 1998580 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JU
Received 16 Nov 1998Cholwell House, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DH
Received 16 Nov 1998The Old Brewery Yard, 26 Station Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BA
Received 16 Nov 1998St John The Baptist Church, High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DP
Received 12 Nov 19982 Duchy Cottages, Ham Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TN
Received 17 Nov 1998Denby, Church Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XA
Received 17 Nov 1998Avon And Wessex Motor Factors, 31 Westfield Industrial Estate, First Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BS
Received 17 Nov 199878A High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2DE
Received 17 Nov 1998Old Station Yard, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
Received 18 Nov 1998Drings Of Bath Ltd, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2UG
Received 18 Nov 1998Drings Of Bath Ltd, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
Received 18 Nov 19983 Goold Close, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AF
Received 18 Nov 19987A Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UB
Received 18 Nov 199827 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QQ
Received 18 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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