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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
71,443 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 20 May 1999Street Record, Whitchurch Cycle Path, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 21 May 1999Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3RZ
Received 21 May 1999Old Station Farm, 47 Station Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BJ
Received 21 May 1999392 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DQ
Received 21 May 1999Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 21 May 1999Horseworld Home Of Rest, For Horses Staunton Manor House Farm, Sleep Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QJ
Received 24 May 1999Keynes Farm, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QL
Received 24 May 19995 Jubilee Terrace, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7NU
Received 24 May 199918 Lines Way, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0TT
Received 24 May 1999St Marys Church, Compton Dando, Bristol
Received 24 May 1999Persistence, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol
Received 24 May 19999 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2UH
Received 24 May 199929 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HH
Received 24 May 1999East Kings, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QQ
Received 25 May 1999Elm Park Court, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SS
Received 25 May 1999Olcote, Brittens Hill, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PG
Received 25 May 1999The Tithe Barn, Sandy Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EL
Received 26 May 199933 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AT
Received 26 May 1999Avon Riverside Station, Bristol - Bath Cycle Route, Bath, BS31 3ET
Received 26 May 1999Land Between Old Course Of Durley Hill And Hicks Gate Roundabout, Durley Hill, Keynsham,
Received 25 May 1999Parcel 2320, Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol,
Received 25 May 1999Valley View, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BH
Received 27 May 199948 Claverton Road West, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DS
Received 27 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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