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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68,288 approved · 9,605 refused · 6,229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coley Cottage , Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AN
Received 11 Dec 202320 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HG
Received 11 Dec 2023Slug And Lettuce, 5 - 6 Edgar Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EE
Received 11 Dec 2023191 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HH
Received 11 Dec 2023Land To Rear Of 99 & 101 Fairfield Park Road, Solsbury Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Dec 2023Foxdale , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 11 Dec 2023Hallatrow Business Park , Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 11 Dec 2023Hallatrow Business Park , Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EX
Received 11 Dec 202318 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 12 Dec 2023Manor Farm , Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DP
Received 12 Dec 2023Manor Farm , Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DP
Received 12 Dec 202327 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JQ
Received 12 Dec 202323 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 12 Dec 2023Former Debenhams, 17 Southgate Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AP
Received 8 Dec 2023The Kiln, 4 Wellow Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SU
Received 12 Dec 2023Charlton House, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 12 Dec 2023117 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DF
Received 12 Dec 2023Walnut Tree Hill, High Street, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EB
Received 12 Dec 2023Ravenswell Lodge , Access Road To Ravenswell House, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BQ
Received 12 Dec 2023Woodlands , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HB
Received 12 Dec 2023Land South Of White Baines, Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Dec 2023Chivers House , Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DT
Received 12 Dec 2023Woodside , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EN
Received 12 Dec 202332 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1TP
Received 12 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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