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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
60,822 approved · 8,335 refused · 5,629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 9 May 2023The Bird, 18 - 19 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EZ
Received 9 May 2023The Rookery , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PS
Received 9 May 2023The Rookery , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PS
Received 9 May 20235 Dover Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DX
Received 10 May 2023Lemsford, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JP
Received 10 May 20237 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QH
Received 10 May 2023Parcel 8775, Tunley Road, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 May 2023Former Bath Deer Farm, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 May 2023Street Record, Keynsham Memorial Park, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 May 2023Glanville Farm , Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AT
Received 10 May 2023Site Of Former Ministry Of Defence Offices, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 May 2023Flat 5 Ground Floor, 14 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LR
Received 10 May 2023Flat 5 Ground Floor, 14 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LR
Received 10 May 20237 Alexander Buildings, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AT
Received 10 May 2023The Dell , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Received 11 May 20232 Culverhay, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LQ
Received 11 May 20238 Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4JY
Received 11 May 2023Chestnut Barn , Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DA
Received 11 May 2023Solsbury Lodge, 2 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JN
Received 11 May 2023Rocklands , Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LP
Received 11 May 2023Barn In Parcel 8966, North Hill Farm, The Hollow, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 May 20231 Trent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QD
Received 11 May 20231 Trent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QD
Received 11 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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