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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
68,288 approved · 9,605 refused · 6,229 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Damson Orchard, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AF
Received 7 Dec 2023Wellow Farm , The Square, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 8 Dec 2023Wellow Farm , The Square, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 8 Dec 202354 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AR
Received 8 Dec 2023Tanglewood Cottage, Nempnett Street, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YS
Received 8 Dec 20238 High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DR
Received 8 Dec 20238 High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DR
Received 8 Dec 2023Central Gardens, St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 8 Dec 2023Thrubwell Farmhouse, Thrubwell Farm, Thrubwell Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 5AW
Received 8 Dec 2023Swift Barn , Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BX
Received 8 Dec 202327 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 8 Dec 2023Newbridge House, 198 Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HU
Received 8 Dec 2023Brenroy, Durcott Lane, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0QG
Received 8 Dec 2023St Saviours Junior School , Eldon Place, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TG
Received 8 Dec 202315 - 17 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AH
Received 11 Dec 202315 - 17 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AH
Received 11 Dec 2023Upper Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 11 Dec 20237 Woodlands Park, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BQ
Received 11 Dec 202345 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 11 Dec 2023Little Dene , 8 Greyfield Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6XX
Received 11 Dec 2023Land South Of White Baines, Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Dec 202310 Berkeley Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JH
Received 11 Dec 20231 High Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AY
Received 11 Dec 2023Coley Cottage , Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AN
Received 11 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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