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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Lamb Hotel, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QQ
Received 26 Feb 1999Lamb Hotel, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QQ
Received 26 Feb 19994 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4BE
Received 26 Feb 1999Blackmore & Langdon Nurseries, Stanton Nursery, Whitley Batts, Bristol, BS39 4JL
Received 2 Mar 199964 Carlingcott, Carlingcott, BA2 8AP
Received 1 Mar 199933 Westfield Industrial Estate, First Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BS
Received 2 Mar 1999Newlyn, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NL
Received 2 Mar 199918 Valley View Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PZ
Received 2 Mar 199936 Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8AF
Received 2 Mar 19994 Orchard Cottages, Wick Lane, Carlingcott, BA2 0PQ
Received 2 Mar 1999Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 1 Mar 1999Main House, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St. Loe, Bath, BA2 9BW
Received 3 Mar 1999Deacons Yard, Hunstrete, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 2 Mar 1999The Old Vicarage, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 3 Mar 1999Batch Farm, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5PJ
Received 3 Mar 1999150 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BN
Received 5 Mar 19994 Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5AE
Received 5 Mar 19995 Broadcroft, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QF
Received 5 Mar 1999Polestar Purnell Ltd, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS18 5LQ
Received 5 Mar 19996 Down View, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QU
Received 4 Mar 1999Wellow Brook Lodge, The Combe, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5UA
Received 5 Mar 1999The Cottage, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JA
Received 5 Mar 1999Star Inn, High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HX
Received 8 Mar 1999Hursley House, Hursley Hill, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QZ
Received 8 Mar 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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