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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
71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stanton Court Nursing Home, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ER
Received 8 Sept 1999Stanton Court Nursing Home, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4ER
Received 8 Sept 199916 Woodcroft, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XN
Received 9 Sept 19998 Montague Road, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LR
Received 7 Sept 199963 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SW
Received 7 Sept 199959 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JH
Received 10 Sept 1999Somers Hill, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TZ
Received 10 Sept 1999Sunnycroft, Wells Road, Westfield, BA3 3XU
Received 10 Sept 1999Monkton Wyld, Court Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7RY
Received 6 Sept 199910 St Marys Green, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HA
Received 8 Sept 19991 Hill View, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HP
Received 6 Sept 19998 Derwent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1NT
Received 6 Sept 1999Compton Cottage, Court Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4JZ
Received 7 Sept 1999Radstock Town Football & Social Club, Frome Old Road, Radstock, BA3 3NZ
Received 7 Sept 1999The Park House, Station Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BN
Received 10 Sept 1999Car Park, Lansdown Park & Ride Car Park, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 10 Sept 1999Odd Down Park And Ride, Combe Hay Lane, Bath
Received 10 Sept 19997 Pepys Close, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3LS
Received 13 Sept 1999Homelea Cottage, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QA
Received 13 Sept 1999York House, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SW
Received 10 Sept 1999155 High Street, Pensford, BS39 4HN
Received 10 Sept 1999Tunbridge House, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SX
Received 13 Sept 1999Manor Cottage, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JW
Received 13 Sept 1999Preston Cottage, Pensford Lane, Stanton Drew, BS39 4DX
Received 13 Sept 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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