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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
37,926 approved · 3,583 refused · 3,665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 2011 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EN
Received 22 Nov 2021The Abbey Rectory, Redwood House, Trossachs Drive, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RP
Received 21 Nov 2021177 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AU
Received 22 Nov 2021Nempnett Farm, Greenhouse Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7UZ
Received 22 Nov 202174 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BA
Received 22 Nov 202115 Barnard Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2NS
Received 22 Nov 2021Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1 - 4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Nov 2021The Lodge, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SW
Received 22 Nov 2021The Lodge, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SW
Received 22 Nov 2021Godrevy, 488 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UD
Received 22 Nov 2021High Wyche, Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 22 Nov 2021Combe Down Rugby Club, North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DE
Received 22 Nov 20219 Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7ND
Received 22 Nov 2021Site Of The Copse, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Nov 202195 Coronation Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2QD
Received 22 Nov 202111 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LB
Received 22 Nov 202111 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LB
Received 22 Nov 202115 Castle Gardens, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AN
Received 22 Nov 202143 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 22 Nov 202143 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 22 Nov 2021Beech Cottage, 15 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 23 Nov 2021Chew Court, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SF
Received 23 Nov 202181 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JR
Received 23 Nov 2021Natwest, 6 - 7 Moorland Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PA
Received 23 Nov 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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