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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
68,384 approved · 9,621 refused · 6,237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Aug 1997 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harrison Cocktail Bar, 30 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 19 Dec 202319 Caroline Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JH
Received 19 Dec 2023Harrison Cocktail Bar, 30 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 19 Dec 2023144 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BL
Received 19 Dec 202322 Castle Gardens, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AN
Received 19 Dec 202351 Underleaf Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SR
Received 20 Dec 2023Annexe, Spring Cottage, Church Hill, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Dec 2023Moss Cottage , Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QG
Received 20 Dec 2023Moss Cottage , Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QG
Received 20 Dec 2023Braysdown Stables Ltd , Gassons, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8FE
Received 20 Dec 2023The Bird, 18 - 19 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EZ
Received 20 Dec 202389 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RQ
Received 20 Dec 20231 - 2 Queens Parade Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NN
Received 20 Dec 2023Clandown Stores, 1 Fosse Way, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3BL
Received 20 Dec 2023Lower Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 20 Dec 2023Lower Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 20 Dec 20231 Warleigh Drive, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PT
Received 20 Dec 2023Land Between 16 And Bypass, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Dec 2023Thoughtful Bakery , 40 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BX
Received 20 Dec 2023Thoughtful Bakery , 40 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BX
Received 20 Dec 2023Beazer House, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Dec 2023The Old Rectory , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 20 Dec 2023109 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SG
Received 20 Dec 2023Green Park Station , Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JB
Received 21 Dec 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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