Understanding planning · 13 min read
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59,829 approved · 8,107 refused · 5,531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 12 Jan 2023Land To North East Of Lambridge Training Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Jan 2023Taka Taka, 81 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BQ
Received 12 Jan 2023Orchard House , Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UB
Received 12 Jan 202351 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 9 Jan 20237 Cleevedale Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QS
Received 10 Jan 20238 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AH
Received 10 Jan 2023Thistledome, 15A Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PH
Received 12 Jan 202322 Argyle Terrace, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DF
Received 12 Jan 202327 West Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RL
Received 12 Jan 202320 Belmont, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DZ
Received 12 Jan 202380 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AA
Received 13 Jan 2023St Marys Church, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DS
Received 13 Jan 2023Grey Courtledge , Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PU
Received 13 Jan 2023Gays House , Gay's Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JN
Received 13 Jan 20235 Montrose Cottages, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AF
Received 13 Jan 2023Royal United Hospital Central Wing , Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 13 Jan 2023Amenity Verge Prsn 3173, Riverside Footpath, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jan 2023Norfolk Crescent Lawn, Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jan 202347 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QB
Received 13 Jan 2023314 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PA
Received 13 Jan 20232 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XJ
Received 13 Jan 202318 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TS
Received 13 Jan 2023Bridge House , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SP
Received 13 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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