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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67,985 approved · 9,555 refused · 6,208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 14 Aug 2023The Limes , Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AB
Received 14 Aug 2023Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Aug 2023Bath N H S House, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QE
Received 11 Aug 2023The Den, 65A Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8AB
Received 14 Aug 202329 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 14 Aug 20231 - 2 Orange Grove, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LP
Received 14 Aug 2023Camerton Inn, 28 Meadgate East, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NW
Received 14 Aug 20233 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AD
Received 15 Aug 2023Primrose Cottage , 14 Quarry Vale, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JZ
Received 15 Aug 20238 Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RE
Received 15 Aug 202333 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BA
Received 15 Aug 202311 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NX
Received 15 Aug 202319 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RW
Received 15 Aug 20238 Weston Mews , Manor Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AP
Received 15 Aug 2023Brooklyn Cottage , The Street, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AL
Received 15 Aug 202315 Torridge Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QG
Received 15 Aug 20232 Woodmans Cottages , Access Road To Brockham End, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BZ
Received 16 Aug 20231 Hawkers Yard, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BY
Received 16 Aug 2023Basement, 8 Cavendish Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UG
Received 16 Aug 202316 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HZ
Received 16 Aug 2023Site Of Old Colliery, Fry's Bottom, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Aug 2023Stapleford , Park Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XP
Received 16 Aug 2023T A Centre, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SX
Received 16 Aug 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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