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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
60,927 approved · 8,360 refused · 5,643 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Ivy Cottages, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HL
Received 11 May 20235 Blackberry Way, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1FH
Received 11 May 202327 Maple Grove, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AF
Received 12 May 20237 Roundhill Park, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NL
Received 12 May 2023Applecroft , Walley Court Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XN
Received 12 May 2023Roans, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 9 May 2023Clarkson House, 5 Great Stanhope Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 May 2023Site Of Hinton Garage, Albion Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 May 202312 Severn Way, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1NU
Received 12 May 202340 Morgan Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TT
Received 12 May 2023Brock House , Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TX
Received 12 May 202310 St Ann's Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BT
Received 12 May 2023Avonwood Cottage , 37A Bristol Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AA
Received 12 May 2023Buchanan House , 4 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 12 May 20238 Barrow Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TD
Received 12 May 2023Abbotshill, Durley Park, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AT
Received 12 May 202365 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 12 May 2023Theatre Royal , Sawclose, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ET
Received 12 May 2023Parcel 9440, Mill Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 May 202310 Oolite Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UF
Received 15 May 202328 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PD
Received 15 May 202390B Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 15 May 202390B Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 15 May 2023Old Pit Cottage, Welton Grove, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TS
Received 15 May 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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