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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
64,032 approved · 8,956 refused · 5,920 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 1998 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blenheim , Evelyn Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QF
Received 21 Jun 2023The Meadows , Grosvenor Bridge Road, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BB
Received 21 Jun 20234 Pine Court, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SQ
Received 22 Jun 2023Cross Manufacturing Co Ltd , Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RR
Received 22 Jun 2023Roseate Villa , Henrietta Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 22 Jun 202335 Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QE
Received 22 Jun 2023Western Riverside Development Area, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Jun 2023Western Riverside Development Area, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Jun 2023Parcel 4823, Old Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Jun 2023Car Park Between 2 And 4, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Jun 202326 Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 22 Jun 2023Appledore, Stockwood Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AN
Received 22 Jun 2023Block 16 North Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 22 Jun 20237 Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UB
Received 22 Jun 2023144 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BL
Received 22 Jun 202320 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UJ
Received 22 Jun 202320 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UJ
Received 22 Jun 2023High Acre , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PX
Received 23 Jun 2023Freshford Ce Primary School , High Street, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WE
Received 23 Jun 2023Bathampton Primary School , Tyning Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TQ
Received 23 Jun 2023Clairefontaine , 3 Hamilton Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SB
Received 23 Jun 2023First Floor Flat, 28 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 23 Jun 20235 Royal View, Victoria Bridge Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3GG
Received 22 Jun 2023Hanham House , Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PF
Received 23 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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