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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
31,862 approved · 3,043 refused · 3,312 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 8987, Priston Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Sept 202129 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 29 Sept 20211 Trent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QD
Received 29 Sept 2021The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 29 Sept 2021The Rookery, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PS
Received 29 Sept 20215 Richmont Place, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6DS
Received 29 Sept 2021Upper Northend Farm, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 29 Sept 2021Parcel 4330, Paulton Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Sept 202116 Evelyn Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QF
Received 29 Sept 20212 Longfellow Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SJ
Received 29 Sept 20211 Rose Cottages, The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EQ
Received 30 Sept 20211 Rose Cottages, The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EQ
Received 30 Sept 2021Monkton Combe Junior School, Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7ET
Received 30 Sept 2021Penn Lea House, 50 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RD
Received 30 Sept 2021Old House, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 30 Sept 2021Old House, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 30 Sept 202129 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 30 Sept 202123 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 30 Sept 2021Parcel 0043, Breach Hill Common, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Sept 2021Weston Lawn, Lucklands Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AY
Received 30 Sept 2021Charmydown Barn, Charmydown Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Sept 2021Charmydown Barn, Charmydown Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Sept 202127 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 30 Sept 202127 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 30 Sept 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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