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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
59,299 approved · 7,979 refused · 5,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Axbridge Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PW
Received 28 Feb 202386 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LN
Received 28 Feb 20231 Springfield Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RA
Received 28 Feb 20231 Springfield Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RA
Received 28 Feb 202311 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AZ
Received 28 Feb 202398 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LD
Received 1 Mar 202310 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NF
Received 1 Mar 202316 Charlotte Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ND
Received 1 Mar 20237 Kingsway, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NH
Received 1 Mar 2023Mill Barn, Millards Hill, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Mar 2023High Trees , Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UN
Received 1 Mar 202328 Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NW
Received 1 Mar 2023Bathford House , 31 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RR
Received 1 Mar 2023Church Farm House , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 1 Mar 202312 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PU
Received 1 Mar 2023Storage Yard Adjacent To Argyle Works, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DB
Received 1 Mar 2023Homewood Park Hotel , Homewood, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TB
Received 1 Mar 20231 Willow Falls, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DG
Received 1 Mar 202317 Freeview Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DS
Received 1 Mar 2023School House , Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 2 Mar 2023Combe Hay Manor , Backy Hill, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 2 Mar 2023Southstoke Hall , Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DL
Received 2 Mar 202334 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7ES
Received 2 Mar 2023Street Record, Northmead Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Mar 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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