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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71,441 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Somerset Folly, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HD
Received 15 Nov 1999Appletons, 12 High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DQ
Received 12 Nov 19994 Kyrle Gardens, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RE
Received 15 Nov 1999Manor Court Cottage, High Street, Wellow, BA2 8QS
Received 17 Nov 1999Lonsdale, 197 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7NB
Received 15 Nov 1999Coombe Cottage, Coombe Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BG
Received 15 Nov 1999Eastwood, Durcott Lane, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0QE
Received 15 Nov 19999 High Street, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HT
Received 16 Nov 1999The Chestnuts, Norton Hawkfield, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4HB
Received 16 Nov 1999202 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2SY
Received 16 Nov 1999The Shrubbery, Abbey Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, BA2 7UF
Received 16 Nov 1999Bishop Sutton Tennis Adj The Redlands, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol
Received 18 Nov 1999Penhill Cottage, Queen Charlton, Bristol, BS31 2SH
Received 17 Nov 199932 Larch Court, Radstock, BA3 3EU
Received 18 Nov 1999Westbury Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, BA2 8BE
Received 17 Nov 1999Ryman Engineering Services, Frome Road, Radstock, BA3 3PY
Received 17 Nov 1999The Gatehouse Warleigh Lodge, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8ED
Received 17 Nov 1999Crossleaze Farm, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AU
Received 16 Nov 1999Penhill Cottage, Queen Charlton, Bristol, BS31 2SH
Received 19 Nov 1999Woodmead, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 18 Nov 1999117 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2JH
Received 22 Nov 19991, Cambrook House, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BU
Received 15 Nov 199925 Priory Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2BX
Received 22 Nov 199926 Tyning Hill, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3ET
Received 22 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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