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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
62,243 approved · 8,623 refused · 5,752 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Old Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LX
Received 30 Jun 2023Pensford County Primary School , Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AA
Received 30 Jun 2023290 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NZ
Received 30 Jun 202341 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Received 30 Jun 2023Ensleigh House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 30 Jun 2023Rodmore , Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BH
Received 30 Jun 2023Former Radstock County Infant School, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Jun 2023Jat Environmental Reclamation Ltd, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JF
Received 30 Jun 202316 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UJ
Received 30 Jun 2023Hare & Hounds , Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TJ
Received 30 Jun 2023Bridge House, Streamside, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RQ
Received 30 Jun 2023104 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QB
Received 30 Jun 2023Apartment D, 12 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NF
Received 30 Jun 2023North Chew Farm , Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 30 Jun 2023Mulberry House , 21 Tunbridge Close, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SU
Received 30 Jun 2023Street Record, Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Jun 202337 St George's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HW
Received 30 Jun 2023Flat 4 (top Flat), 3 Widcombe Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AJ
Received 30 Jun 202314 Tyning End, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AN
Received 30 Jun 20231 Elmcroft , St Saviour's Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SE
Received 30 Jun 2023236 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QZ
Received 30 Jun 202317 Charles Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HX
Received 30 Jun 2023Cam Bridge Barn , Temple Bridge, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AA
Received 30 Jun 20234 Entry Hill Gardens, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NR
Received 3 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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