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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37,926 approved · 3,583 refused · 3,665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc, 8 - 9 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JN
Received 23 Nov 2021The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc, 8 - 9 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JN
Received 23 Nov 202125 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 23 Nov 2021287 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NU
Received 23 Nov 2021Parcel 0043, Breach Hill Common, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Nov 2021The Garden Apartment, 17 Kensington Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AP
Received 23 Nov 202123 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AD
Received 23 Nov 20211 Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1EB
Received 23 Nov 2021Islett, Pagans Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QJ
Received 23 Nov 20211 Church Place, Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JQ
Received 23 Nov 202110 Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Nov 2021Flat 1, South Road Mews, South Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EZ
Received 22 Nov 2021Land Opposite No.65, Sherwood Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Nov 202110 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 23 Nov 202110 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 23 Nov 2021213 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TN
Received 23 Nov 202110 Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Nov 2021The Hive, Belluton Farm, Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JJ
Received 23 Nov 2021The Bear, 8 - 10 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AQ
Received 23 Nov 202110 High Street, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ED
Received 24 Nov 2021White Baines, Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 24 Nov 2021Maisonette, 22B New Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BA
Received 24 Nov 2021Primrose Hill Farm, Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 24 Nov 20214 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JJ
Received 24 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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