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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
71,442 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
32 Oakfield Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JH
Received 15 Jul 1999Old Stores Cottage, Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BP
Received 14 Jul 19998 Silbury Rise, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JP
Received 15 Jul 1999445 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AZ
Received 14 Jul 1999Little Solsbury House, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BJ
Received 15 Jul 1999Priston Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Priston, BA2 9EQ
Received 15 Jul 1999Willow Barn, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8PU
Received 19 Jul 1999Woodwick, Bristol Road, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NQ
Received 16 Jul 1999Goldney House, Tiledown, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5DS
Received 19 Jul 1999Former Depot Opposite 13 And 14, Mill Road, Radstock,
Received 19 Jul 19997 Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HD
Received 20 Jul 1999Midford House, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BZ
Received 19 Jul 19997 Ellsbridge Close, Keynsham, BS31 1TB
Received 20 Jul 1999Seven Stars, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, BS39 5AU
Received 20 Jul 1999Development Site, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LW
Received 19 Jul 1999Blue Lias, 56 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BE
Received 21 Jul 19993 Nightingale Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4NL
Received 21 Jul 19994 Crossways Park, Fosseway, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BT
Received 21 Jul 1999Hallatrow Business Park, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 21 Jul 1999Charcoal Grill, 3 Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EB
Received 21 Jul 1999Gerardene House, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QJ
Received 21 Jul 1999Chalk Farm Cottage, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EX
Received 22 Jul 199910 Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6HF
Received 22 Jul 1999Monger Farm, Monger Lane, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SJ
Received 22 Jul 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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