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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60,707 approved · 8,310 refused · 5,617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Darlington House , Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BY
Received 2 May 202317 Medway Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RZ
Received 2 May 2023Play Area, Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 May 202317 Battle Walk, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AX
Received 2 May 2023Aquila, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 2 May 2023Avondale House , Toll Bridge Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DE
Received 3 May 2023Belgrave House , Pleasant Place, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TL
Received 3 May 202323 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QH
Received 3 May 20236 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HD
Received 3 May 20239 Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RE
Received 3 May 20237 St George's Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3AA
Received 3 May 20234 Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QF
Received 2 May 20234 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PT
Received 3 May 202317 Wansdyke Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TG
Received 4 May 2023Ransom Strip At Rear Of 17A, Wellsway, Keynsham,
Received 4 May 2023Limekilns Woodland, Limekilns Close, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 2023Bengrove House , Bengrove, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PH
Received 4 May 202312A Northgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AS
Received 4 May 2023Wayside , Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UP
Received 4 May 2023Ground Floor Flat, 42 Lorne Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BZ
Received 4 May 2023Land To West Of 6 Hicks Field, Cycle Track At London Road Roundabout, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 2023Haywards Water Tower, Pipehouse, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 202345 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QH
Received 4 May 20239 Westhall Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BQ
Received 4 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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