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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
63,039 approved · 8,789 refused · 5,828 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 1998 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lambridge Stables, 13 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HY
Received 28 Jul 202326 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EN
Received 31 Jul 20238 Eden Villas , Dafford's Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SH
Received 31 Jul 2023Orchard House , 61D Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 31 Jul 2023Longlands House , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EX
Received 31 Jul 202371 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 31 Jul 20237 Belgrave Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LU
Received 31 Jul 2023Cranleigh , 159 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PX
Received 31 Jul 202320 Morford Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RL
Received 31 Jul 202313 Shophouse Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EB
Received 31 Jul 202318 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 31 Jul 20231 Combeside, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LU
Received 31 Jul 202366 Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NJ
Received 31 Jul 2023Roans , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 31 Jul 2023Parcel 1172, Radford Hill, Radford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 31 Jul 2023Streamside , Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6NA
Received 31 Jul 2023Little Orchard, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BB
Received 31 Jul 20231 Rectory Terrace , Church Lane, Stanton Prior, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HT
Received 31 Jul 2023Swift Barn , Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BX
Received 1 Aug 2023The Grange Coach House , Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RY
Received 1 Aug 2023Crocombe Lodge , Crocombe, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JS
Received 1 Aug 2023Framptons , Grand Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DF
Received 1 Aug 2023Gables , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 1 Aug 202377 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RE
Received 1 Aug 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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