Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
62,364 approved · 8,640 refused · 5,764 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2 Ground Floor Rear, 161 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PX
Received 4 Jul 2023Chalfont , Charlcombe Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TP
Received 4 Jul 202321 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 4 Jul 2023Greenacres , Innox Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DB
Received 4 Jul 2023The Bath Clinic , Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BR
Received 4 Jul 202367 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Received 4 Jul 202312 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JY
Received 4 Jul 2023Ensleigh House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 30 Jun 2023Ensleigh House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 30 Jun 2023Play Area, Hedgemead Park, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Jun 2023Barn East Of Ivy Cottage, Queen Charlton Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Jul 2023The Wharf , Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PG
Received 4 Jul 20237 Hamilton House, North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 4 Jul 2023The Old Methodist Church , The Street, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UU
Received 4 Jul 2023Grove House , The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JF
Received 4 Jul 20235 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BN
Received 4 Jul 2023Flat 1, 15 - 16 Walcot Parade, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NF
Received 4 Jul 20235 Powlett Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QQ
Received 4 Jul 2023Mayerling , The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AN
Received 4 Jul 202311 Chatham Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BS
Received 5 Jul 202310 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SL
Received 5 Jul 202327 Chilton Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DR
Received 5 Jul 2023The Lodge , Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AJ
Received 5 Jul 2023Nelson House , Beechen Cliff Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QS
Received 5 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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