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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
68,087 approved · 9,572 refused · 6,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Nov 1997 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
93 Newton Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1RP
Received 24 Aug 2023Rockside, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EP
Received 24 Aug 202315 Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AX
Received 24 Aug 2023Parkside Guest House , 11 Marlborough Lane, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NQ
Received 24 Aug 2023Manor House , The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PA
Received 24 Aug 202326 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 24 Aug 2023Street Record, Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 2023Charnwood, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JH
Received 24 Aug 2023Yew Tree House , Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PS
Received 24 Aug 2023Flat 1, 3 St Swithin's Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DR
Received 24 Aug 2023Tanglewood , Wells Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BA
Received 24 Aug 2023Tanglewood , Wells Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BA
Received 24 Aug 202318 Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LD
Received 24 Aug 2023All Saints Church , Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 24 Aug 202382A Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QW
Received 24 Aug 20235 Cavendish Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 20235 Uphill Drive, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PB
Received 24 Aug 2023Mill House , High Street, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EG
Received 24 Aug 202317 Eagle Park, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HS
Received 24 Aug 2023Tolcarne, 42 Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LD
Received 24 Aug 2023Pit Pony Farm , Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0FD
Received 24 Aug 20233 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UP
Received 25 Aug 20236 - 7 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BW
Received 25 Aug 20236 - 7 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BW
Received 25 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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