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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
62,126 approved · 8,594 refused · 5,745 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jan 2001 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Malthouse, 17 - 20 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 12 Apr 2023The Malthouse, 17 - 20 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 12 Apr 2023Roselawn , Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HA
Received 12 Apr 202312 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 12 Apr 2023Street Record, Dobunni Close, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Apr 2023Northgate House, Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RG
Received 12 Apr 20233 Hamilton House , North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 12 Apr 202312 Forester Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QD
Received 12 Apr 2023Woodbarn Farm , Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SZ
Received 12 Apr 2023Storage Yard Adjacent To Argyle Works , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DB
Received 12 Apr 2023Parcel 0956, Harptree Hill, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Apr 2023Coley Cottage , Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AN
Received 13 Apr 2023Former Radstock County Infant School, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Apr 202312 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 13 Apr 2023Newbridge Court, Newbridge Court, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Apr 2023Keynsham Conservative Club, 22 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DQ
Received 13 Apr 202326 Shaws Way, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QQ
Received 13 Apr 202318 Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LD
Received 29 Jun 2023Ee, 32 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QG
Received 29 Jun 2023Ee, 32 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QG
Received 29 Jun 20231 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 29 Jun 20238 Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DB
Received 30 Jun 202312 St James's Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ST
Received 30 Jun 2023Sewage Purification Works, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ER
Received 30 Jun 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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