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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61,269 approved · 8,438 refused · 5,676 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Shelley Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3YS
Received 25 May 2023Bathampton Manor , Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TS
Received 26 May 20231 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 26 May 20235 Garfield Terrace , Dafford Street, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SP
Received 26 May 202320 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 26 May 2023Stables And Paddock, Hursley Hill, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QZ
Received 26 May 2023Tolcarne, 42 Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LD
Received 26 May 20239 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 26 May 20239 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 26 May 20237 Acacia Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HG
Received 26 May 20236 Trim Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HB
Received 26 May 20236 Trim Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HB
Received 26 May 2023Land Between 16 And Bypass, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 May 2023Combe Royal , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 26 May 2023Flower And Hayes Ltd, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 May 202332 Alexandra Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PW
Received 26 May 2023Combe Royal , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 26 May 2023Greystones , South Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EJ
Received 26 May 2023Greystones , South Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EJ
Received 26 May 2023Beckford Tower, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BH
Received 24 May 202320 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 29 May 2023Manor House East , Manor Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DA
Received 29 May 2023Manor House East , Manor Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DA
Received 29 May 20231 Chew Court Farm , Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SF
Received 29 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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