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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
61,497 approved · 8,486 refused · 5,693 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Coronation Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JU
Received 16 Mar 2023Dick Lovett (bath) Ltd, Wellsway Garage, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DR
Received 16 Mar 202314 Chaffinch Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2FR
Received 16 Mar 2023Parkside Guest House, 11 Marlborough Lane, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NQ
Received 16 Mar 2023Former Radstock County Infant School, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Mar 2023Elmhurst , Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BR
Received 16 Mar 2023Pate, Moorledge Farm, Moorledge Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TL
Received 16 Mar 202326 Crescent Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LU
Received 16 Mar 2023Beechcroft , Hayesfield Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QE
Received 16 Mar 2023Midsomer Norton Town Council, Town Hall, The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 17 Mar 2023Widcombe Manor , Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AZ
Received 17 Mar 20234 Cleveland Place West, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DG
Received 17 Mar 2023Land Betwwen Three Gables And Paysons Croft, Church Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Mar 2023Parcel 0046, Carlingcott, Carlingcott, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Mar 2023Withdean , Old Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DH
Received 17 Mar 2023Breach House, 110A High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TH
Received 17 Mar 20235 Kingsway, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NH
Received 17 Mar 202317 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 17 Mar 2023Tower House , Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 17 Mar 2023All Saints Church , Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 17 Mar 202322 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JJ
Received 17 Mar 2023Russell House , Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ER
Received 20 Mar 2023Gladstone House , 24 Gladstone Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HL
Received 20 Mar 2023Basement Flat, 41 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PA
Received 20 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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