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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Pump Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7RT
Received 22 Feb 1999Magpie Cottage, Single Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LZ
Received 17 Feb 1999Mill Cottage, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AP
Received 19 Feb 1999Mill Cottage, Woolley, Bath, BA1 8AP
Received 19 Feb 19996 Canal Terrace, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TP
Received 23 Feb 19996 Windrush Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QL
Received 23 Feb 199970 St Johns Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HR
Received 23 Feb 19996 Wellow Tyning, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8LJ
Received 23 Feb 1999Site Of Old Colliery, Fry's Bottom, Chelwood, Bristol,
Received 19 Feb 199916 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EN
Received 22 Feb 1999Hayboro Farm, Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TG
Received 23 Feb 1999Riverside Bar And Restaurant, 115 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DA
Received 23 Feb 1999Bourne House, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LQ
Received 22 Feb 1999Lamb Hotel, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QQ
Received 24 Feb 1999Leamon Cottage, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 24 Feb 1999Bathford CE VC Primary School, Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UB
Received 24 Feb 199927 Garstons, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TE
Received 25 Feb 199923 Rodney Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3HR
Received 25 Feb 19991 Avon Cottages, Avon Lane, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3ET
Received 24 Feb 1999Calero, 9 Brookside Drive, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AX
Received 24 Feb 1999Stables, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath,
Received 26 Feb 1999Hawkfield Farm, Norton Lane, Norton Hawkfield, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HB
Received 26 Feb 1999Tunbridge Barn, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SX
Received 26 Feb 1999Greenway, Redhill, Bristol, BS40 5TS
Received 26 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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