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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 - 10 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DQ
Received 16 Dec 1998Manor (House) Cottage, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EH
Received 17 Dec 1998Church House Farm, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QS
Received 17 Dec 199813 Carlton Close, Clutton, Bristol, BS18 4SS
Received 17 Dec 1998Haydon Farm House, 9 Haydon Hill, Radstock, BA3 3QX
Received 18 Dec 1998Chew Stoke Methodist Church, Chapel Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8XD
Received 17 Dec 1998Former Magistrates Court, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 17 Dec 1998Riverside Bar And Restaurant, 115 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 17 Dec 1998Warwick Arms, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TA
Received 21 Dec 1998Western House, Western Lane, East Harptree, BS40 6DL
Received 21 Dec 1998Stanton Wick Farm, Stanton Wick Farm Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DB
Received 21 Dec 1998Prime Tools.co.uk, St Barnabas Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AD
Received 10 Dec 1998Chalamau, Old Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BB
Received 22 Dec 1998The Spangles, High Street, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4HN
Received 22 Dec 1998Radstock Road Depot, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2AA
Received 22 Dec 19982 The Orchard, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DS
Received 22 Dec 199815 Medway Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RZ
Received 23 Dec 199822 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AA
Received 23 Dec 1998Church Farm House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 21 Dec 199813 Ham Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TW
Received 23 Dec 199831 The Witheys, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QB
Received 23 Dec 1998Longreach, 321 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3TJ
Received 24 Dec 1998Barbereni, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JR
Received 24 Dec 1998134 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JF
Received 21 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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