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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71,443 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
449 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AZ
Received 27 May 1999Englishcombe Reservoir, Englishcoombe Road, Englishcombe, Bath, BA2 9DR
Received 26 May 1999Early Mist, 31-33 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3JJ
Received 26 May 19991 Hayboro Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7TB
Received 27 May 1999Bathford C Of E Vc Primary School, Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UB
Received 26 May 1999Limeburn Nurseries, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QW
Received 28 May 1999Old Welton Transfer Station, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2AA
Received 28 May 1999Old Byre, Priston, Bath, BA2 9ED
Received 28 May 19997 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1RH
Received 28 May 1999The Firs, Southfield, Radstock, BA3 3NZ
Received 1 Jun 1999The Old Timber Yard, Tyning Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TQ
Received 26 May 1999HSBC, 34 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ
Received 1 Jun 1999Park And Ride Site, Lansdown, Bath
Received 1 Jun 1999Aloha, Plumptre Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RU
Received 1 Jun 1999Burnt House Farm, Old Fosse Road, Bath, BA2 2SS
Received 1 Jun 1999Mulsanne House, 246A High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 1 Jun 199955 New Buildings, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LB
Received 2 Jun 1999Snook Cottage, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EA
Received 2 Jun 1999Utcombe Farm, Stanton Wick, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4DB
Received 2 Jun 1999The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NA
Received 2 Jun 19991 Church Meadows, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BS
Received 2 Jun 1999Sports Grond, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 3 Jun 1999St Michaels Cottage, Townsend, East Harptree, BS40 6BH
Received 3 Jun 1999Lane End, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RU
Received 3 Jun 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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