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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QD
Received 17 Sept 1999Garden Temple, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 17 Sept 1999Church Farm Barn, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, BA2 7EX
Received 31 Dec 1998Cappards Farm, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD
Received 4 Jan 1999Church Lea, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, BS40 8YH
Received 30 Dec 1998The Old Forge, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 31 Dec 1998Chew Valley Children's Centre, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QA
Received 31 Dec 1998Wellington Cottage (Gallery), Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS18 8SP
Received 30 Dec 1998Unit 1 Gillards Worldwide Warehousing Hallatrow Business Park, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 30 Dec 1998Methodist Church, Marksbury, Bath
Received 30 Dec 1998Telecommunication Mast 1567, Bristol Road, Pensford, Bristol,
Received 30 Dec 1998Church Lea, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, BS40 8YH
Received 30 Dec 19981 The Crescent, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RH
Received 30 Dec 1998Haydon Farm House, 9 Haydon Hill, Radstock, BA3 3QX
Received 4 Jan 1999Yew Tree Barn, Northwick, Dundry, Bristol
Received 29 Dec 199841 Norman Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3BH
Received 31 Dec 1998Quoin Cottage, Southstoke, Bath, BA2 7DR
Received 31 Dec 1998Pensford Memorial Hall, Publow Lane, Pensford, Bristol
Received 4 Jan 1999Court Farm, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 4 Jan 1999Station House, 3 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AE
Received 5 Jan 199915 Trenchard Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DT
Received 5 Jan 1999Tree Walls, 4 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JN
Received 5 Jan 1999Kew Cottage, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AF
Received 5 Jan 199999 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2JW
Received 5 Jan 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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