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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
61,377 approved · 8,462 refused · 5,687 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DE
Received 29 May 202323 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RW
Received 29 May 2023Brook Lodge , 199 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NB
Received 30 May 202389 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XN
Received 30 May 202333 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LR
Received 29 May 202333 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LR
Received 29 May 2023Chandos House, 27 - 28 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EF
Received 29 May 2023Vale View , Belmont Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JR
Received 29 May 2023Unregistered Property Woodbarn Farm Cottages, Woodbarn Farm, Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 May 202331 Park Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HD
Received 30 May 2023Basement Flat, 2 Walcot Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AB
Received 30 May 2023St Saviours Junior School , Eldon Place, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TG
Received 13 Mar 2023Hunstrete House , Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NS
Received 14 Mar 2023Hunstrete House , Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NS
Received 14 Mar 2023Parcel 0045 North, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Mar 2023Park House, Station Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BN
Received 14 Mar 20231 Riverside Cottages, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PS
Received 14 Mar 2023Ground Floor, 11 Devonshire Buildings, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SP
Received 14 Mar 2023Ground Floor, 11 Devonshire Buildings, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SP
Received 14 Mar 2023Land Parcel 456, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Mar 2023Prior Park College , Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Received 14 Mar 2023113 Queen's Drive, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PE
Received 14 Mar 2023158 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 14 Mar 20231 Malvern Buildings, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JX
Received 14 Mar 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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