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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
58,957 approved · 7,905 refused · 5,452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jan 2002 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 3, Whyke House, 14 Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BJ
Received 16 Feb 2023Woodstock , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AY
Received 16 Feb 2023Golf Course, Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Feb 202328 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 16 Feb 2023Gateforth , 46 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BW
Received 16 Feb 202336 Rodney Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HP
Received 16 Feb 20233 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DA
Received 16 Feb 202356 Morris Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PS
Received 16 Feb 2023Severcombe Farm , Fosseway, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BU
Received 16 Feb 2023The Vicarage , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 16 Feb 2023St Nicholas House, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 17 Feb 202322 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BG
Received 17 Feb 2023The Meads , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 17 Feb 202373 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QD
Received 17 Feb 20231 Daniel Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NB
Received 17 Feb 2023Ground Floor, 5 Cavendish Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UG
Received 17 Feb 20236 Orchard Cottages, Wick Lane, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PQ
Received 16 Feb 2023Crewcroft Barn , Hinton Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PZ
Received 17 Feb 202351 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 16 Feb 202351 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 16 Feb 20232 Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3EP
Received 17 Feb 20236 Belgrave Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LU
Received 17 Feb 202341 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XJ
Received 17 Feb 2023Systopia Consulting Limited Proximity House, Pixash Business Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TP
Received 17 Feb 2023Records 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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