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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Eden Park Drive, Bath, BA1 7JH
Received 21 Sept 1999Lansdown Court Previously Known As Emdene, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 21 Sept 1999Eastwood Manor Stud, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6AH
Received 23 Sept 1999Parcel 8100, Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1JP
Received 20 Sept 1999Elmlea House, Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QG
Received 20 Sept 1999Home Farm, Mill Lane, Inglesbatch, Bath, BA2 9DZ
Received 20 Sept 1999Bradford Villa, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7NX
Received 23 Sept 199911 Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HE
Received 21 Sept 1999Winterfield House, Winterfield Road, Paulton, BS39 7RQ
Received 24 Sept 1999Moat Farm, Bickfield Lane, Compton Martin, BS40 6NF
Received 24 Sept 1999Stable Barn, Bickfield Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6NF
Received 24 Sept 199954 Albert Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1AD
Received 24 Sept 1999Kennet Court, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6ST
Received 20 Sept 1999Kennet Court, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6ST
Received 20 Sept 1999Paulton Methodist Church, Park Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QQ
Received 27 Sept 1999Half Acre, North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QQ
Received 27 Sept 199915 Furlong Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2PR
Received 28 Sept 199933 West Hill Gardens, Radstock, BA3 3SH
Received 28 Sept 1999The Coach House, Chapel Hill, Nempnett Thrubwell, BS40 8YP
Received 27 Sept 199995 Thicketmead, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2SL
Received 28 Sept 1999Redcliffe, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6SU
Received 23 Sept 1999St Johns C Of E Primary School, Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2NB
Received 21 Sept 1999Bannerdown View Farm, Ashley Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TS
Received 24 Sept 199944 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QH
Received 20 Sept 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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