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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
64,941 approved · 9,082 refused · 5,991 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Lansdown Place East, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ET
Received 28 Sept 2023Highfields, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2UF
Received 29 Sept 2023Ground Floor, 18 Burlington Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SB
Received 29 Sept 2023Dunkirk Mill , Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UD
Received 29 Sept 2023Hillcroft , Nempnett Street, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YW
Received 29 Sept 2023Parcel 1643, Middle Piece Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Sept 2023Fosse Cottage , Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NL
Received 29 Sept 20232 Spencer's Belle Vue, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ER
Received 29 Sept 2023Empty Premises, 32 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DW
Received 29 Sept 2023Empty Premises, 32 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DW
Received 29 Sept 2023Empty Premises, 32 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DW
Received 29 Sept 2023Hillview Lodge , Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 29 Sept 2023Hanham House , Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PF
Received 29 Sept 202361 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 29 Sept 20238 Gillingham Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LL
Received 29 Sept 2023Entry Hill House , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 29 Sept 2023111 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QE
Received 29 Sept 2023Central United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 29 Sept 2023Central United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 29 Sept 2023Empty Premises, 38 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DL
Received 29 Sept 2023Little Cottage , Sham Castle Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JL
Received 2 Oct 2023Wolfson Building , Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 2 Oct 202313B Devonshire Buildings, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SP
Received 2 Oct 202354 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PJ
Received 2 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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