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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71,444 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
13 Gainsborough Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LS
Received 30 Apr 1999Brass Mill Public House, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1LB
Received 30 Apr 1999Brass Mill Public House, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 1LB
Received 4 May 1999116 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BP
Received 4 May 199915 Hillside Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PN
Received 4 May 199910 Briar Close, Radstock, BA3 3EL
Received 4 May 1999Greyfield Farm House, Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol
Received 4 May 1999Pennsylvania, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 8DR
Received 4 May 1999101 Greenvale Drive, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NR
Received 4 May 1999King Edwards School Sports Pavillion, Dark Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SY
Received 4 May 1999Court Farm, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 5 May 1999Radstock Cooperative Society, High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PR
Received 5 May 1999Radstock Cooperative Society, High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PR
Received 5 May 1999108 Wesley Avenue, Radstock, BA3 3XQ
Received 6 May 199911 Mendip Close, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SY
Received 6 May 1999Norton Hill School, Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
Received 6 May 199936 Welton Vale, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BG
Received 6 May 1999Lloyds Bank Plc, 13/15, High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DP
Received 6 May 1999Hillside Farm, Church Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WD
Received 6 May 1999Parcel 7591 West, Charlton Road, Queen Charlton, Bristol,
Received 4 May 19999 Medway Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RZ
Received 7 May 1999The Heritage, Smallcombe Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DU
Received 4 May 1999105 Waterford Park, Radstock, BA3 3EW
Received 5 May 1999The Old Bakery, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EA
Received 5 May 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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