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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71,443 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Victoria Terrace, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7NY
Received 22 Jun 19992 Collingwood Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HZ
Received 22 Jun 1999Agricultural Buildings, Elm Tree Farm, Mill Lane, Inglesbatch, Bath,
Received 22 Jun 199911 Welland Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PB
Received 22 Jun 1999Tamkeryn, Tarnwell, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DZ
Received 22 Jun 19991 Canal View, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BP
Received 23 Jun 1999217 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BR
Received 23 Jun 1999New Pit House, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PS
Received 24 Jun 1999Hillside House, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NE
Received 24 Jun 1999Car Park, Odd Down Park & Ride Car Park, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA
Received 24 Jun 1999Riverside Restaurant, The Shallows, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EZ
Received 24 Jun 1999St Aldhelms, Bath Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SD
Received 25 Jun 1999Sedbrook Farm, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Bristol
Received 25 Jun 199938 Rogers Close, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RX
Received 25 Jun 1999The Old Brass Mill, The Shallows, Bristol
Received 24 Jun 1999The Old Brass Mill, The Shallows, Bristol
Received 24 Jun 1999Mill Farm Barn, Cullimore's Lane, Kelston, BA1 9AQ
Received 24 Jun 1999New Sports Pavilion King Edwards School Playing Fields High Street Bathampton, High Street, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SY
Received 24 Jun 1999Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 28 Jun 1999Frys Cadbury, Somerdale Road, Cross Street, Keynsham, BS31 2AU
Received Not published37 Martock Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XA
Received 28 Jun 1999Daisybank Cottage, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath
Received 28 Jun 1999Mundys Cottage, Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UG
Received 28 Jun 1999Ravenswell House South, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BQ
Received 28 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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