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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Orchard House, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AR
Received 5 Jan 1999Windsor Cottage, Timsbury Bottom, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EZ
Received 6 Jan 1999Dumpers Farm, Dumpers Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS18 8SS
Received 6 Jan 1999Court Farm, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 6 Jan 1999Clays End Farm, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9JE
Received 6 Jan 1999Clays End Farm, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9JE
Received 6 Jan 1999Plot 1, Withies Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock
Received 6 Jan 1999Garages At Rear Of, 78A High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2DE
Received 7 Jan 1999Upper Field Barn, Cockers Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JX
Received 7 Jan 19998 Broadlands Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DU
Received 6 Jan 19995 Orwell Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QB
Received 8 Jan 1999The Folly, Tilley Lane, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BE
Received 8 Jan 1999Broadfield Cottage, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath
Received 8 Jan 199991 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PS
Received 11 Jan 1999Parcel 0049 Part Of Disused Gwr Railway Line, Middle Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath,
Received 7 Jan 1999The Inn, The Hill, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WG
Received 7 Jan 1999Site Between Crown Inn And 5, Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 13 Jan 1999The Inn, The Hill, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WG
Received 8 Jan 199964 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EA
Received 12 Jan 1999Parcel 0049 Part Of Disused Gwr Railway Line, Road Through Twinhoe, Wellow, BA2 7DB
Received 12 Jan 1999Old Shires, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, BS39 4EX
Received 12 Jan 1999Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 12 Jan 1999Warleigh Manor, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 12 Jan 199911 Lower Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PB
Received 13 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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