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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
60,707 approved · 8,310 refused · 5,617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Combe Royal , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 28 Apr 20234 Staunton Manor Courtyard , Maes Knoll Drive, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0FP
Received 28 Apr 20234 Staunton Manor Courtyard , Maes Knoll Drive, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0FP
Received 28 Apr 20238 Down Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UE
Received 28 Apr 2023Flat 1, 13 Abbey Church Yard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LY
Received 1 May 20233 Melcombe Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LR
Received 1 May 202321 Kensington Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LH
Received 1 May 202318 Gladstone Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HJ
Received 2 May 2023Arden House , 1 The Brow, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JL
Received 1 May 202317 Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QL
Received 1 May 20239 Acacia Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HG
Received 1 May 2023Hare & Hounds , Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TJ
Received 2 May 202329 Chilton Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DR
Received 1 May 2023Ground Floor, 7 Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QU
Received 1 May 20237 Daneacre Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JS
Received 2 May 20236 Old Pit Terrace, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3BE
Received 2 May 2023Parsonage Barn , Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DL
Received 2 May 20239 Prior Park Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NP
Received 2 May 2023Charmydown Farm House , Charmydown Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AB
Received 2 May 202348 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RB
Received 2 May 202352 Morris Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PS
Received 2 May 20233 Rotcombe Vale, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JZ
Received 2 May 2023Bath Rugby Club, Bath Recreation Ground, Pulteney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DS
Received 2 May 2023Buildings South Of The Stables, Pipehouse, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 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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