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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SP
Received 3 Dec 1998Briars, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RH
Received 3 Dec 1998Business Forms Express, Trident Works, Marsh Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5AZ
Received 3 Dec 199813 Sutton Park, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5UQ
Received 3 Dec 1998Sun Flower Days Nursery School, St Peter's Park, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3XU
Received 4 Dec 1998258 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 4 Dec 1998Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 4 Dec 1998Freshford Vc Primary School, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 4 Dec 1998Dolphin Cottage, Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UQ
Received 3 Dec 19983 Greenvale Drive, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HW
Received 2 Dec 1998Ivy Cottage, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BZ
Received 1 Dec 1998Corner Cottage, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS18 8SP
Received 4 Dec 1998Parcel 2200, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EG
Received 2 Dec 19984 The Orchard, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DS
Received 8 Dec 199837 Tennis Court Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LZ
Received 8 Dec 19982 Bloomfield Close, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LP
Received 7 Dec 19981 The Grove, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6ES
Received 8 Dec 199811 Somerset Folly, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HD
Received 8 Dec 199826 Cedar Drive, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 7 Dec 19982 The Crescent, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RH
Received 7 Dec 199865 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2EF
Received 8 Dec 19981 Limekilns Close, Keynsham, BS31 1HR
Received 8 Dec 1998The Corner House, The Hill, Freshford, BA2 7WG
Received 8 Dec 19988 Chestnut Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7YS
Received 9 Dec 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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