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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
62,584 approved · 8,691 refused · 5,784 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Chalfont Lodge , Stanton Wick Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DB
Received 11 Jul 20234A St Ann's Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BJ
Received 11 Jul 202310 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 11 Jul 202318 Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AD
Received 11 Jul 202368 Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LA
Received 11 Jul 2023Site Of Hinton Garage, Albion Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Jul 2023Former Timber Drying Shed, Spring Gardens Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Jul 2023Beacon Wood House , Rivers Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JZ
Received 11 Jul 2023Besley Hill Estate Agents, 91 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0PS
Received 11 Jul 2023Watersmeet , Mill Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QJ
Received 12 Jul 2023Sports Training Village, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BT
Received 12 Jul 202348 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RJ
Received 12 Jul 2023Folly Farm, Folly Lane, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DW
Received 10 Jul 2023Braysdown Manor, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LN
Received 12 Jul 202334 Cleeve Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SD
Received 12 Jul 2023Mill Island, The Shallows, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EX
Received 11 Jul 20233 Alpine Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PB
Received 12 Jul 2023Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Jul 2023Norton Hill School, Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AD
Received 12 Jul 20234 Cranhill Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YF
Received 12 Jul 2023Lorien , Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UN
Received 12 Jul 2023Heathfield , Mount Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PW
Received 12 Jul 202312 St Winifred's Drive, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HR
Received 12 Jul 20238 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 12 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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