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
65,335 approved · 9,141 refused · 6,016 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LD
Received 11 Oct 20239 Bailbrook Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AP
Received 11 Oct 2023High Orchard , 7 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 11 Oct 2023Hanham House , Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PF
Received 11 Oct 2023Larkhall Football Club Pavilion, Plain Ham, Valley View Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Oct 2023124 - 126 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 11 Oct 2023Flat 1, 199 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RZ
Received 11 Oct 202312 Brandown Close, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5EJ
Received 11 Oct 202318 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 11 Oct 2023Hardings Cottage , Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 12 Oct 202370 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 12 Oct 202361 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AA
Received 12 Oct 202321 Argyle Terrace, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DF
Received 12 Oct 2023Publow Oak Barn , Blackrock Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HZ
Received 12 Oct 2023Publow Oak Barn , Blackrock Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HZ
Received 12 Oct 202314 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 12 Oct 202330 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SA
Received 12 Oct 2023Chew Court Farm, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Oct 202355 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Received 12 Oct 2023Solsbury View Cottage , 15 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TU
Received 12 Oct 202315 Clarence Place, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EW
Received 12 Oct 20236 St Mary's Buildings, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AT
Received 12 Oct 20238 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AJ
Received 13 Oct 202343 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PS
Received 13 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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