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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
30,275 approved · 2,935 refused · 3,218 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Uphill, The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 23 Aug 20211 Shorts Cottage, Wells Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AY
Received 23 Aug 202127 Partis Way, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QG
Received 23 Aug 202125 Oak Street, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BR
Received 21 Aug 2021253 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HJ
Received 21 Aug 202111 Pioneer Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QX
Received 21 Aug 202128 Perfect View, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JY
Received 23 Aug 2021Leighton House, 139 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AL
Received 22 Aug 2021115 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LL
Received 23 Aug 2021Land Rear Of 7 And 8, Staunton Way, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Aug 2021Hope Cottage, The Square, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 23 Aug 2021Manor House, Watery Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TF
Received 23 Aug 2021Manor House, Watery Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TF
Received 23 Aug 20213 St Ann's Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BT
Received 23 Aug 202185 Leopold House, Percy Terrace, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3GE
Received 24 Aug 2021St John's Church, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 202151 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 24 Aug 202167 Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SH
Received 24 Aug 2021Brantwood, Southstoke Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DN
Received 24 Aug 202117 Forester Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QX
Received 24 Aug 2021Street Record, Marksbury Lane, Stanton Prior, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 2021Yard To North East Of The Firs, Fosseway Environment Park, Fosseway, Englishcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 2021Street Record, Nelson Ward Drive, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Aug 2021Mallen House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 24 Aug 2021Records 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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