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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
61,269 approved · 8,438 refused · 5,676 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Arcadius Way, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2GE
Received 23 May 202376 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LN
Received 23 May 202311 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TR
Received 24 May 2023Avon Rugby Club, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DD
Received 24 May 202339 Triangle West, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JA
Received 24 May 2023Flat 4, 10 Darlington Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EA
Received 24 May 202371 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AL
Received 24 May 20231 Titan Drive , Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SW
Received 24 May 20237 St James's Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TW
Received 24 May 202324 Belle Vue, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BS
Received 24 May 2023Beckford Tower , Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BH
Received 24 May 202359 Solsbury Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HJ
Received 25 May 2023Bath Spa Railway Station , Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SU
Received 25 May 20232 Chaucer Villas , Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QY
Received 25 May 2023Southwest House , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 25 May 20237 St James's Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TW
Received 25 May 202321 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 25 May 2023Winnies Barn , St Clement's Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BA
Received 25 May 2023Bathwick Hill Bridge, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 May 2023Crowe Hall , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 25 May 2023Midford Manor Care Home , Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RE
Received 25 May 2023Knoll Farm, White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PL
Received 25 May 2023Inglewood , New Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JH
Received 25 May 20231 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 25 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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