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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
61,029 approved · 8,390 refused · 5,653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 21, 1 - 2 Nelson Place West, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BA
Received 17 May 2023Yew Tree House , Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PS
Received 17 May 20237 Bannerdown Drive, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JW
Received 17 May 202356 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PJ
Received 17 May 202379 Brookfield Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4JJ
Received 17 May 20234 Larkhall Place, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SF
Received 17 May 202341 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NT
Received 17 May 20238 Prior Park Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NP
Received 17 May 2023Coley Cottage , Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AN
Received 18 May 2023Abbotsleigh , Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 18 May 20233 Tyning Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HA
Received 18 May 2023Tunley Equestrian Centre, Withyditch Lane, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 May 2023Foxcote Cottage, Springfield, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8HW
Received 18 May 202310 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 18 May 20237 Roundhill Park, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NL
Received 18 May 20231 Norfolk Buildings, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BP
Received 18 May 202341 Mendip Gardens, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UT
Received 18 May 2023Budo Ba Limited, 3 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BA
Received 18 May 2023Tanglewood Barn, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 18 May 2023Manor Farm Livery Stables, Manor Farm, Farm Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QU
Received 18 May 2023Top Floor, 9 Cleveland Place West, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DG
Received 18 May 2023Top Floor, 9 Cleveland Place West, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DG
Received 18 May 2023Coley Cottage , Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AN
Received 18 May 202333 Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HY
Received 18 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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