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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
65,203 approved · 9,122 refused · 6,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sewage Purification Works, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ER
Received 6 Oct 20233 Church Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NL
Received 6 Oct 2023Sulis Hospital Bath , Foxcote Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SQ
Received 6 Oct 202317 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HZ
Received 6 Oct 2023Parcel 0038, Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 6 Oct 2023Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Oct 202312 Bennett's Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AW
Received 9 Oct 20235 Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 9 Oct 2023St Nicholas House , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 9 Oct 202361 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RX
Received 9 Oct 20233 St Christopher's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RG
Received 9 Oct 2023Manor Cottage, Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AF
Received 9 Oct 20231 Elmcroft , St Saviour's Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SE
Received 9 Oct 2023Development Site Next To Somerdale Pavilion, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Oct 2023Ground Floor, 15 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RY
Received 9 Oct 202316 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BY
Received 9 Oct 20237 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JS
Received 9 Oct 2023Top Floor, 7 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 9 Oct 2023Moores Cottage , 22 Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 9 Oct 2023Apsley House , 141 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PT
Received 9 Oct 202322 Manor Gardens, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AS
Received 9 Oct 202314 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 9 Oct 2023Brook House , Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 10 Oct 20235 Dafford's Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SG
Received 10 Oct 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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