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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
67,985 approved · 9,555 refused · 6,208 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 1998 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenacres , 164 Midford Road, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SE
Received 18 Oct 20235 Flatwoods Crescent, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AH
Received 18 Oct 2023Manor Farm, Millards Hill, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BW
Received 18 Oct 202310 Woodborough Hill Cottages , Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LN
Received 18 Oct 2023Woodcote , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 18 Oct 202348 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RB
Received 18 Oct 2023Chandag Infants School, Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1PQ
Received 18 Oct 202311 Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7UB
Received 18 Oct 2023Saltford House, High Street, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ED
Received 18 Oct 202311 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 18 Oct 2023170 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 18 Oct 2023Pitfour House , High Street, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HT
Received 18 Oct 2023Pitfour House , High Street, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HT
Received 18 Oct 202314 St Ann's Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BT
Received 19 Oct 2023The Artisans Deli, 15 New Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BA
Received 19 Oct 2023Challiscombe , Pipehouse, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UJ
Received 19 Oct 2023Peipards Farm , Warminster Road, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UN
Received 19 Oct 2023Peipards Farm , Warminster Road, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UN
Received 19 Oct 202315 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ES
Received 19 Oct 20239 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Oct 20233 Portland Terrace, Harley Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SH
Received 19 Oct 2023Carisbrooke , The Downs, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DB
Received 19 Oct 202321 Daniel Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ND
Received 19 Oct 20236 Richmond Hill, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QT
Received 19 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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