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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
35,159 approved · 3,332 refused · 3,511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 2012 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 21 Sept 202110 York Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NH
Received 21 Sept 2021Kings Court, Parsonage Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ER
Received 21 Sept 20216 Banwell Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UH
Received 21 Sept 20215 The Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PZ
Received 20 Sept 2021Brenroy, Durcott Lane, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0QG
Received 20 Sept 2021Englishcombe House Residential Home, 33 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 21 Sept 202114 Park Way, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HD
Received 21 Sept 2021Kings Court, Parsonage Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ER
Received 21 Sept 2021Sydney Gardens, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Sept 20216 Chew Cottages, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1EU
Received 21 Sept 20212 Pine Walk, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3TQ
Received 22 Sept 2021Greenacres Poultry Farm, Bristol Road, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6NQ
Received 22 Sept 2021Richmont House, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 22 Sept 2021Bailbrook House Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JD
Received 22 Sept 202123 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 22 Sept 20214 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 22 Sept 20214 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 22 Sept 20214 Oriel Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AS
Received 22 Sept 202125 Crescent Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LU
Received 22 Sept 202125 Crescent Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LU
Received 22 Sept 2021Earls Farm, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA
Received 22 Sept 2021Freedom House, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EP
Received 22 Sept 202123 Alexandra Terrace, Ham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QP
Received 22 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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