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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cedar Lodge, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SA
Received 9 Dec 1998Orchard House, 2A The Orchard, Stanton Drew, BS39 4DS
Received 9 Dec 1998Manor House, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UB
Received 10 Dec 1998Manor Stables, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QU
Received 9 Dec 199834 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HT
Received 10 Dec 1998Old House Cottage, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8ES
Received 14 Dec 1998Lower Twinhoe Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Midford, Bath, BA2 8QY
Received 14 Dec 1998Lower Twinhoe Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Midford, Bath, BA2 8QY
Received 14 Dec 19981 Innicks Close, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PL
Received 14 Dec 1998Gournay Court, The Street, West Harptree, BS40 6EB
Received 14 Dec 1998Old House Cottage, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8ES
Received 14 Dec 1998Woodborough, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LL
Received 14 Dec 1998The American Museum (Claverton Manor), Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BD
Received 14 Dec 199852 Specklemead, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7ND
Received 14 Dec 19981 Meadow Close, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UY
Received 14 Dec 1998Orchard Cottage, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PA
Received 15 Dec 19989 Miller Walk, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TJ
Received 15 Dec 199849 Braysdown Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8HS
Received 15 Dec 1998Ashcroft, Blacksmith Lane, Upper Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BT
Received 15 Dec 1998Abbey Farm, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TA
Received 11 Dec 1998Former Gwr Railway Line, Frome Road, Radstock,
Received 15 Dec 1998Crossways, 8 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JN
Received 16 Dec 1998Westfield Farm, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 16 Dec 19982-4 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 16 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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