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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
61,166 approved · 8,414 refused · 5,660 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HR
Received 22 May 202323 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JW
Received 22 May 20232 Howard Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AS
Received 22 May 2023Combe Hill House , Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HU
Received 22 May 202365 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 22 May 2023101 Under Knoll, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TY
Received 22 May 2023Land At Rear Of 66 Wells Road, Thornbank Place, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 May 20234 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SN
Received 22 May 20234 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SN
Received 22 May 2023Storage Yard Adjacent To Argyle Works, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DB
Received 23 May 20238 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SJ
Received 23 May 2023Flat 1, 7 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3EH
Received 23 May 202311 Winscombe Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HR
Received 23 May 2023Withy King Solicitors, Midland Bridge House, Midland Bridge Road, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3FP
Received 23 May 202317 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 May 202317 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 May 20231 Justice Avenue, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DR
Received 23 May 202373 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SR
Received 23 May 2023King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HU
Received 23 May 202342 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 23 May 202342 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 23 May 2023The Scala , Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LH
Received 23 May 202366 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AR
Received 23 May 20239 Westhall Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BQ
Received 23 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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