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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
71,444 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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57 Valley View Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PZ
Received 22 Dec 199993 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QN
Received 22 Dec 199919 Station Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3DX
Received 15 Dec 1999St Saviour's Clinic, Spring Lane, Bath, BA1 6NY
Received 21 Dec 19993 Pierrepont Place, Bath, BA1 1JX
Received 15 Dec 19991 The Croft , Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HQ
Received 23 Dec 1999Chestnut House, 16 Henrietta Road, Bath, BA2 6LY
Received 17 Dec 1999The Cottage, Tabor Farm, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JJ
Received 23 Dec 1999Tabor Farm, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JJ
Received 23 Dec 1999Malthouse Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 22 Dec 199981 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 24 Dec 19991 The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath
Received 24 Dec 1999The Garden House, 1A The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, BA2 9AQ
Received 24 Dec 1999The New Oriel Hall (Formerly Bath Small School), Brookleaze Buildings, Bath, BA1 6RA
Received 17 Dec 1999103 Ivy Avenue, Bath, BA2 1AW
Received 22 Dec 1999Barn, Upper Twinhoe Farmhouse, Upper Twinhoe, Midford, Bath, BA2 8QX
Received 20 Dec 199911 Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HE
Received 17 Dec 1999Longreach, 321 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3TJ
Received 30 Dec 1999Clutton Post Office, Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RA
Received 30 Dec 1999Parcel 4952, Marsh Lane, Clutton, BS39 5SJ
Received 24 Dec 199911 Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HE
Received 17 Dec 1999Parcel 0051, Old Fossway, Dunkerton, Bath,
Received 18 Jun 1999Parcel 0335, Hursley Hill, Publow, Bristol,
Received 21 Dec 1999Woodford Lodge, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XH
Received 8 Nov 1999Records 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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