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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Proposed Industrial Workshop Opposite 16-17, Mill Road, Radstock,
Received 13 Jan 1999New Barn Lodge, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BU
Received 14 Jan 1999New Pit House, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PS
Received 14 Jan 1999St Budeaux, Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LW
Received 15 Jan 199924 Windrush Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QN
Received 11 Jan 1999Church Farm, Pump Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7RT
Received 7 Jan 1999The Old Place, Newmans Lane, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0JA
Received 15 Jan 1999Freshford Memorial Hall, Freshford Lane, Freshford, BA2 7UR
Received 14 Jan 1999Woodborough Gardens Kennels And Cattery, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LQ
Received 14 Jan 1999Holcombe Manor, Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UW
Received 15 Jan 1999Lodge Farm, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8HA
Received 13 Jan 1999Lodge Farm, St Catherine, Bath, BA1 8HA
Received 13 Jan 1999Stables And Paddock, Hursley Hill, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QZ
Received 15 Jan 1999The Chase, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS18 4NT
Received 19 Jan 1999Brooklea, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BD
Received 18 Jan 1999Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 18 Jan 199915 Furlong Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PR
Received 18 Jan 1999Halifax Plc, 88 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
Received 18 Jan 1999Halifax Plc, 88 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
Received 18 Jan 1999New Orchard, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5XQ
Received 18 Jan 1999Trelawney, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BX
Received 18 Jan 1999Church Farm Barn, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EX
Received 31 Dec 19986 Tyning Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HL
Received 20 Jan 1999Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS
Received 20 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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