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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71,444 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodbine Cottage, Freshford Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UR
Received 11 May 1999Combe Grove Manor Hotel And Country Club, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HT
Received 11 May 1999Combe Grove Manor Hotel And Country Club, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HT
Received 11 May 1999Peacocks Stores Ltd, 1 The Centre, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1ED
Received 12 May 1999Peacocks Stores Ltd, 1 The Centre, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1ED
Received 12 May 1999183-185a High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7DP
Received 12 May 1999The Chase, Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 12 May 1999The Dower House, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 12 May 1999The Grange, Belluton, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 13 May 1999Manor Farm Barns, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol
Received 12 May 1999Shoscombe Primary School, St Julian Road, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8NB
Received 12 May 1999Lyons Vending Group Services Pixash Business Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TP
Received 13 May 199914 Montague Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3LA
Received 13 May 199959 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AB
Received 13 May 1999Southlea, The Street, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5UZ
Received 14 May 1999Dickies (uk) Limited, Third Avenue, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4XD
Received 14 May 19992 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JJ
Received 14 May 199920A Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2ND
Received 17 May 1999Treetops, Bath Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SD
Received 17 May 1999The Paddock, Dark Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UY
Received 17 May 1999Pip Cottage, Iford Close, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BD
Received 17 May 1999Tunbridge House, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SX
Received 18 May 1999Christmas Cottage, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PJ
Received 17 May 1999Holly Cottage, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UW
Received 17 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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