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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
59,829 approved · 8,107 refused · 5,531 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 2001 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 Marshfield Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HQ
Received 9 Jan 2023Claverton Pumping Station , Ferry Lane, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BH
Received 9 Jan 2023Flower And Hayes Ltd, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Jan 202315 East Way, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QB
Received 10 Jan 2023Basement, 1 Oxford Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QN
Received 10 Jan 2023West Harptree House , Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HG
Received 10 Jan 20234 Stanway Close, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UR
Received 10 Jan 2023Basement, 1 Oxford Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QN
Received 10 Jan 202338 West View Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UA
Received 10 Jan 202395 Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LL
Received 10 Jan 20239 Abbey View, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DG
Received 10 Jan 20239 Abbey View, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DG
Received 10 Jan 2023Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Received 10 Jan 20239 Charmouth Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LJ
Received 11 Jan 2023The Galleries Shop , Freshford Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UR
Received 11 Jan 2023Old Welton Hill Farm, Binces Lodge Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2XQ
Received 11 Jan 2023Larchcombe , Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UZ
Received 11 Jan 20238 Southbourne Gardens, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LZ
Received 11 Jan 2023128 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 11 Jan 2023Land At Combe Grange, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Jan 2023Land Between Access Track And Boundary In Parcel 9517, Church Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Jan 2023Street Record, Southlands, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Jan 2023Stable Block, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Jan 20238 Ashley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DR
Received 12 Jan 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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