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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 6785, Summer Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7EX
Received 10 Feb 1999Hawbuck House, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DP
Received 12 Feb 199935 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6XD
Received 10 Feb 1999Warleigh Lodge Farm, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8ED
Received 10 Feb 1999Heather Grange, Lansdown Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 4NA
Received 11 Feb 1999Chapel House, Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 18 Feb 199912 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PT
Received 18 Feb 19991 Percival Terrace, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TZ
Received 18 Feb 1999Bath Golf Club, Golf Course Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JG
Received 27 Jan 199923 High Street, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ED
Received 10 Feb 199926 Parklands, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6LB
Received 17 Feb 199963 Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DT
Received 19 Feb 1999Old Rectory, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TT
Received 19 Feb 1999Beech Tree Barn, Marksbury, Bath, BA2 9HQ
Received 19 Feb 1999Inglenook Cottage, 4 High Street, East Harptree, BS40 6AY
Received 22 Feb 1999Spencers Cottage, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BT
Received 18 Feb 1999Swallows Barn Clearbrook Farm, Midford, Bath, BA3 7DE
Received 17 Feb 1999The Byre, Clearbrook Farm, Midford Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7DE
Received 17 Feb 1999Leesons Cottage, Middle Twinhoe, Midford, Bath, BA2 8QX
Received 17 Feb 1999Court Farm, Langridge, Bath, BA1 8AJ
Received 17 Feb 1999Church Farm Business Park, Ashton Hill, Corston, BA2 9AP
Received 17 Feb 199973 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TF
Received 17 Feb 199932 North Meadows, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8PS
Received 22 Feb 19993 Vicarage Gardens, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JP
Received 17 Feb 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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