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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
62,930 approved · 8,748 refused · 5,815 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jan 2000 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechcroft Residential Home, 75 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QE
Received 25 Jul 202380 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NA
Received 25 Jul 20234 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LF
Received 25 Jul 202322 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NQ
Received 26 Jul 2023Parcel 0021, North Wick, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jul 2023Street Record, Dahlia Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jul 2023Darcy House, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 26 Jul 2023Darcy House, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 26 Jul 2023The Coach House, Tadwick Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BU
Received 20 Jul 2023Court Mead , Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AJ
Received 26 Jul 20239 Kaynton Mead, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EQ
Received 26 Jul 2023Gateforth , 46 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BW
Received 26 Jul 20239 Cavendish Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UG
Received 26 Jul 2023The Old Rectory , Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 27 Jul 202375 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Received 27 Jul 2023Body Scents Health And Leisure Club, Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HS
Received 27 Jul 2023Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HS
Received 27 Jul 2023Glanville Farm , Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AT
Received 27 Jul 2023The Patches , Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 27 Jul 2023The Patches , Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BZ
Received 27 Jul 2023Flat 33, Phoenix House, Julian Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SL
Received 27 Jul 202324 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 27 Jul 202343 Chilton Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DR
Received 27 Jul 2023Savour, 22 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1EH
Received 27 Jul 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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