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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
64,820 approved · 9,063 refused · 5,979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Arundel Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EF
Received 27 Sept 2023Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Sept 20237 Heathfield Close, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NW
Received 27 Sept 202323 Wellow Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8JQ
Received 27 Sept 2023The Glen , Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UD
Received 27 Sept 20235 Cambridge Place , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AB
Received 27 Sept 20233 Fairways, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HX
Received 27 Sept 2023Garage Block, Bennett's Lane, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Sept 2023The Woodlands , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 27 Sept 20231 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HD
Received 27 Sept 20237 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 27 Sept 2023Summerhill , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HW
Received 28 Sept 20232 Mount Beacon, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QP
Received 28 Sept 20231 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HD
Received 28 Sept 2023Food Machinery 2000 Ltd , Comfortable Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3AJ
Received 28 Sept 202351 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 27 Sept 202310 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 28 Sept 20234 Poolemead Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QW
Received 28 Sept 2023Widcombe Infant School , Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JG
Received 28 Sept 2023Midsomer Norton Sports Centre, Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SY
Received 28 Sept 202324 Plumptre Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RD
Received 28 Sept 2023West Town House , West Town Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7XE
Received 28 Sept 202322 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 28 Sept 20237 Alfred Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QU
Received 28 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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