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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
63,670 approved · 8,888 refused · 5,893 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HD
Received 6 Jun 2023A Plan Insurance, 7 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EH
Received 6 Jun 2023124 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HE
Received 7 Jun 2023Flat 1, 24 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LP
Received 7 Jun 20232 Chantry Mead Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DA
Received 7 Jun 202315 Kempthorne Lane, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DX
Received 7 Jun 20236 Ferry Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HR
Received 7 Jun 2023Elmhurst , Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BR
Received 7 Jun 202310 Ashley Terrace, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DP
Received 7 Jun 2023Dick Lovett (bath) Ltd, Wellsway Garage, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DR
Received 7 Jun 202339 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 7 Jun 2023Badgers Lea , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LP
Received 7 Jun 2023The Full Moon , High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DQ
Received 8 Jun 2023The Full Moon , High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DQ
Received 8 Jun 2023Rock Cottage , School Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UY
Received 8 Jun 2023Hallatrow Business Park , Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 8 Jun 20239 Abbey View, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DG
Received 8 Jun 20239 Abbey View, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DG
Received 8 Jun 2023Unregistered Unit 1-4, Old Station Yard, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Jun 2023Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HS
Received 8 Jun 2023Fairfield Lodge , Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 8 Jun 20234 Cleveland Place West, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DG
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Jun 2023223 Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2FY
Received 8 Jun 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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