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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64,265 approved · 8,991 refused · 5,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hill View, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UJ
Received 29 Jun 2023Land To West Of Weston All Saints Primary School, Osbournes Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Jun 2023University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 29 Jun 2023Lemsford, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JP
Received 29 Jun 2023102 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QB
Received 29 Jun 2023Ground Floor Flat, 24 Argyle Terrace, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DF
Received 29 Jun 20239 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 12 Sept 2023Dick Lovett (bath) Ltd, Wellsway Garage, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DR
Received 12 Sept 20234A Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HX
Received 12 Sept 202316 Victoria Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AW
Received 12 Sept 2023Jubilee Centre , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 12 Sept 2023Avondale House , Toll Bridge Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DE
Received 12 Sept 202320A Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2ND
Received 12 Sept 2023157 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JN
Received 12 Sept 202348 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JT
Received 12 Sept 20238 Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 12 Sept 20234 Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PH
Received 12 Sept 20231 Hungerford Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BU
Received 12 Sept 2023Hillside Farm , Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0FD
Received 12 Sept 20233 Oakfield Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XR
Received 12 Sept 202343 Belgrave Crescent, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JU
Received 13 Sept 2023Brewery Cottage , Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HU
Received 13 Sept 2023Charlcombe Grange, Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DL
Received 13 Sept 20238 Tamar Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1PP
Received 13 Sept 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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