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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
59,512 approved · 8,020 refused · 5,498 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 - 57 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LB
Received 9 Mar 20238 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 9 Mar 2023Chew Lodge , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
Received 9 Mar 2023Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Mar 2023Parcel 0046, Carlingcott, Carlingcott, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Mar 202321 Broadmoor Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4JW
Received 9 Mar 202315 Southbourne Gardens, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LZ
Received 9 Mar 202328 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 9 Mar 2023Grasmere, Hayesfield Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QE
Received 9 Mar 2023Church Farm , Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YH
Received 9 Mar 202318 Williamstowe, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EJ
Received 10 Mar 2023169 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 10 Mar 2023Car Park, Odd Down Park And Ride Car Park, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Mar 2023Midsomer Norton Sports Centre, Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SY
Received 10 Mar 202331 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 10 Mar 202331 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 10 Mar 202321 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BN
Received 10 Mar 20232 Gloster Villas, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ND
Received 10 Mar 2023Pensford Viaduct, Stanton Lane, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AL
Received 10 Mar 2023Woodlands , Shaft Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HP
Received 10 Mar 20235 Oakley, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DS
Received 10 Mar 2023Bathampton Lodge , High Street, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SY
Received 10 Mar 2023Dayr-house, Prospect Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AY
Received 10 Mar 2023Tyndale, Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Mar 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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