Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
64,400 approved · 9,010 refused · 5,945 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Valley Smoke House, Elton Farm, Wells Road, Dundry, Bristol, North Somerset, BS41 8NQ
Received 13 Sept 202311 Greenbank Gardens, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EF
Received 13 Sept 2023Hunstrete House , Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NS
Received 13 Sept 2023Unregistered Property, 16A Livingstone Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Sept 2023Field Between City Farm And Cotswold View, The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Sept 2023Laurel Cottage , Tadwick Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BU
Received 13 Sept 2023Kelston Park , Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AE
Received 13 Sept 202322 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 13 Sept 20236 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 13 Sept 20236 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 13 Sept 2023Flat 1, 42 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BX
Received 13 Sept 2023Manor Cottage , Dark Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QD
Received 13 Sept 202322 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HB
Received 14 Sept 2023St Julian's Farm , St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8NE
Received 14 Sept 2023Green Park Station, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JB
Received 14 Sept 2023Development Site Next To Somerdale Pavilion, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Sept 202324 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 14 Sept 2023Empty Premises, 5 High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Sept 202343 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BX
Received 14 Sept 2023Flat 4 First Floor, 2 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 14 Sept 202336 Burnt House Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AQ
Received 14 Sept 202384 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AD
Received 14 Sept 2023Longdown, 14 Charlcombe Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JZ
Received 14 Sept 20238 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 14 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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