Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
68,478 approved · 9,635 refused · 6,244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Quarry , Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AG
Received 13 Nov 202328 Upper East Hayes, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LP
Received 13 Nov 2023Flat 2, 20 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Bath Boating Station, Willow Lea, Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QE
Received 13 Nov 2023Lymesheards , West Town Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7XE
Received 13 Nov 2023Territorial Army, T A Centre, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SX
Received 13 Nov 20233 Jubilee Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3SP
Received 13 Nov 20236 Widcombe Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AJ
Received 10 Nov 2023Site Of Former Ministry Of Defence Offices, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Nov 2023Catalpa , Beechen Cliff Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QR
Received 13 Nov 2023131 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EH
Received 13 Nov 2023146 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 13 Nov 202345 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RG
Received 14 Nov 2023Street Record, Lower Batch, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Nov 20236 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 14 Nov 2023The Community Farm, Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Nov 202330 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NN
Received 14 Nov 2023Aviemore , Fosseway, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AU
Received 14 Nov 202331 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LY
Received 14 Nov 20234 Highbury Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DS
Received 14 Nov 20234 Highbury Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DS
Received 14 Nov 2023Gospel Hall , High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BB
Received 14 Nov 202315 - 17 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AH
Received 14 Nov 2023Bath City Football Club , High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DB
Received 14 Nov 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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