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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Somerset Coal Canal Brassknocker Basin, Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 8 Nov 19991 Rose Cottages, Old School Hill, South Stoke, BA2 7DZ
Received 9 Nov 19991 Brittens Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RZ
Received 9 Nov 199938 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BN
Received 9 Nov 1999Somerset Coal Canal Brassknocker Basin, Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 8 Nov 1999The Old Rectory, Church Road, Norton Malreward, BS39 4EX
Received 9 Nov 199942 Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AN
Received 11 Nov 1999The Cottage, Main Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JA
Received 11 Nov 199930 Lytes Cary Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1XD
Received 10 Nov 1999Tyndale House, 20 Winterfield Park, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7RY
Received 10 Nov 199951A North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2QB
Received 9 Nov 19994 Sunset Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8HE
Received 10 Nov 1999The Lodge Hinton House, Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SZ
Received 12 Nov 1999Somers Hill, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TZ
Received 12 Nov 1999Underleaf, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6PD
Received 12 Nov 1999Withy Mills Cottage, Withy Mills, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PT
Received 11 Nov 1999Wellow Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QR
Received 12 Nov 199936 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DB
Received 12 Nov 199922 Mountain Wood, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7SE
Received 12 Nov 199966 Wellow Mead, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SB
Received 12 Nov 1999Radford Farm, Radford Hill, Paulton, BA2 0QF
Received 12 Nov 1999South Wind, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol
Received 15 Nov 1999The Old Bakery, Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3EP
Received 16 Nov 19991, Cambrook House, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BU
Received 15 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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