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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
31,234 approved · 2,997 refused · 3,273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 6 Jul 2021Lambridge Training Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BD
Received 6 Jul 2021Bath City Farm, Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NW
Received 6 Jul 2021Sans Souci, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HW
Received 5 Jul 2021Ashley House, Dark Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SZ
Received 6 Jul 2021Crown Inn, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HA
Received 7 Jul 2021Parcel 5663, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Jul 2021Parcel 5663, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Jul 202116 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 7 Jul 2021The Paddock, Providence Place, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2LD
Received 7 Jul 2021Westbury Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BE
Received 7 Jul 20211 Combeside, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LU
Received 7 Jul 2021Loves Hill Court, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0ER
Received 7 Jul 2021Barn Close Cottage, The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AJ
Received 7 Jul 2021The Hoad, 20 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 7 Jul 2021Homefield, Copseland, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EA
Received 7 Jul 202117 Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QL
Received 7 Jul 2021Sunny Acres, Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QT
Received 7 Jul 2021Lambridge Training Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BD
Received 6 Jul 2021The Nest, Hursley Hill, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QZ
Received 7 Jul 202134 Laxton Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TB
Received 7 Jul 20219 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 7 Jul 2021Bowling Green And Tennis Courts, Royal Avenue, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Jul 202170 Hillside View, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8ET
Received 7 Jul 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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