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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
63,536 approved · 8,867 refused · 5,879 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Julian's Primary School, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 5 Jun 202323 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SW
Received 5 Jun 2023Dick Lovett (bath) Ltd, Wellsway Garage, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DR
Received 5 Jun 2023The Teasel Barn , Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JJ
Received 5 Jun 202319 Calton Gardens, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QG
Received 5 Jun 2023A Plan Insurance, 7 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EH
Received 5 Jun 20234 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UR
Received 5 Jun 2023The Old Rectory , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 5 Jun 20236 Bruton Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QJ
Received 5 Jun 2023The Rookery , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PS
Received 5 Jun 2023The Rookery , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PS
Received 5 Jun 2023Denewood Grange , 140 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AB
Received 5 Jun 2023Fairways , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AZ
Received 5 Jun 202360 Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3US
Received 5 Jun 2023Old Coal Yard Depot , Loves Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AZ
Received 6 Jun 2023Flat 8, Fitzroy House, 59 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DW
Received 6 Jun 2023Flat 8, Fitzroy House, 59 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DW
Received 6 Jun 2023Denewood Grange, 140 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AB
Received 5 Jun 202312 Ivy Bank Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NF
Received 6 Jun 2023Forget-me-not Barn, Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DA
Received 6 Jun 20238 The Havory, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RR
Received 6 Jun 20235 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QH
Received 6 Jun 2023The Dell , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Received 6 Jun 20237 Pulteney Avenue, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HH
Received 6 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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