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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65,203 approved · 9,122 refused · 6,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
5 Dafford's Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SG
Received 10 Oct 202321 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 10 Oct 2023The Old Vicarage , Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DU
Received 10 Oct 202312 Alpine Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PE
Received 10 Oct 2023Beechcroft , Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 10 Oct 2023Midsomer Norton Town Council, Town Hall, The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 10 Oct 2023Whitehaven Residential Home, Fosseway, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AU
Received 10 Oct 2023Orchard House, Claverton Hill, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BG
Received 10 Oct 2023Orchard House, Claverton Hill, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BG
Received 10 Oct 202337 St George's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HW
Received 10 Oct 202346 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 10 Oct 2023Parcel 2882, Water Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Oct 2023Loves Hill Court , South Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0ER
Received 10 Oct 2023Kelston Park , Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AE
Received 10 Oct 2023Fern Cottage , Church Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EW
Received 10 Oct 2023Fern Cottage , Church Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EW
Received 10 Oct 2023Kelston Park , Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AE
Received 10 Oct 2023Southcote , Belgrave Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LU
Received 10 Oct 2023The Nest, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LL
Received 11 Oct 202313 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 11 Oct 202313 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 11 Oct 2023Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Oct 2023Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Oct 20234 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LF
Received 11 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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