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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Frome Road, Radstock, BA3 3LF
Received 27 Oct 1999The Pippins, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8LS
Received 27 Oct 1999Fry Club, Somerdale, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AU
Received 27 Oct 1999Portals (Bathford) Limited, Bathford Paper Mill, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QG
Received 19 Oct 199950 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QH
Received 19 Oct 1999Fair Acre, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JF
Received 27 Oct 199960 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DB
Received 27 Oct 1999Homestead, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QR
Received 28 Oct 1999Greenacres (also Known As Pitstop), Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8BJ
Received 27 Oct 1999STREET RECORD, Radstock To Frome Cyclepath, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 1999Poppies, Priston, Bath, BA2 9ED
Received 28 Oct 19992 The Orchard, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4DS
Received 1 Nov 1999Willow Bank, Dumpers Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SS
Received 1 Nov 199954 Hayes Park Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2EL
Received 1 Nov 1999Windy Ridge, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RH
Received 1 Nov 1999The Cottage, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JA
Received 1 Nov 199973 High Street, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TF
Received 1 Nov 19997 Overdale, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DW
Received 1 Nov 199916 Welland Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PB
Received 1 Nov 1999Churchlands Farm, Venus Lane, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5SP
Received 2 Nov 199912 Alpine Road, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7SD
Received 1 Nov 199968 Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7UE
Received 2 Nov 199933 Larch Court, Radstock, BA3 3EU
Received 3 Nov 19995A Barnaby Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2UJ
Received 2 Nov 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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