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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
64,265 approved · 8,991 refused · 5,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 27 Jun 2023South Barn , Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AH
Received 27 Jun 20231 Weston Mews, Manor Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AP
Received 27 Jun 2023The Old Rectory, The Shallows, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EU
Received 27 Jun 2023Land South Of Edward Court, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Jun 2023Flat 1, 47 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NS
Received 27 Jun 2023Cedar Park Care Centre, 27 - 28 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NG
Received 28 Jun 2023Stoke Hill House , Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XF
Received 28 Jun 2023Barn Cottage, Old Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AH
Received 28 Jun 2023188 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DQ
Received 28 Jun 20237 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 28 Jun 2023Bathwick House, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NX
Received 26 Jun 20234 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 28 Jun 2023Hortum House , Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HD
Received 28 Jun 2023Stoke Hill Mine, Midford Lane, Limpley Stoke, Bath, Wiltshire, BA2 7GP
Received 28 Jun 20236 Norfolk Buildings, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BP
Received 28 Jun 202322 Priory Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BX
Received 28 Jun 20233 Riverside Mews, Weymouth Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AG
Received 28 Jun 202321 First Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NW
Received 29 Jun 2023The Old Vicarage , 65 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NL
Received 29 Jun 202310 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 29 Jun 202311 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 29 Jun 202340 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 29 Jun 202340 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 29 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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