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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
71,442 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 The Grove, Hallatrow, Bath, BS39 6ES
Received 2 Aug 1999Church Farm, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PN
Received 3 Aug 1999Green Farm, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 3 Aug 19991 Stowey Crossroads, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5TJ
Received 3 Aug 199918 Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PL
Received 2 Aug 1999Wingfield Farm, Hartley Lane, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8AG
Received 2 Aug 1999B&NES Riverside Offices, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA
Received 2 Aug 1999The Centre Car Park, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol
Received 2 Aug 19991 Richmond Close, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2PP
Received 3 Aug 1999Rectory Orchard, Dark Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TU
Received 3 Aug 1999Pomegranate Cafe Restaurant, 19 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HF
Received 3 Aug 19991 The Old Coach House, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3RL
Received 4 Aug 19991 The Old Coach House, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3RL
Received 5 Aug 199963 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DQ
Received 4 Aug 19999 Orwell Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QB
Received 5 Aug 1999The Bungalow, Church Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SE
Received 5 Aug 1999Wooded Area In Corner Of Parcel 0015, Hollies Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 8EY
Received 3 Aug 1999Radio And Television Relay Station, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 5 Aug 19999-11 Park Road, Keynsham, BS31 1BX
Received 6 Aug 1999Saltford Sports Club, Wedmore Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS39 3BY
Received 6 Aug 199920A B Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DN
Received 6 Aug 1999410 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DH
Received 6 Aug 199919 Providence Place, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2LD
Received 6 Aug 1999The Old Chapel, 20A High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SW
Received 9 Aug 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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