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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
39,548 approved · 3,721 refused · 3,757 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Nov 2010 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sports World, 10 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EB
Received 9 Feb 2022The Beeches, 9 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 7 Feb 202229 Victoria Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AW
Received 7 Feb 2022Somerdale Phase Three Development, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Feb 202221 St Christopher's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RG
Received 9 Feb 202212 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Feb 2022Sun Chemicals Limited, Old Pit Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4RT
Received 9 Feb 2022Manor Farm House Nursing Home, Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 9 Feb 2022Manor Farm House Nursing Home, Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 9 Feb 202235 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AJ
Received 9 Feb 202269 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HF
Received 9 Feb 2022Durham House, 5 Hamilton Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SB
Received 10 Feb 2022St Joseph's Church, Sladebrook Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LR
Received 10 Feb 2022Athena, County Bridge, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AA
Received 10 Feb 202255 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QD
Received 10 Feb 2022Parish's House, Hook, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0ND
Received 10 Feb 202227 Orchid Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TS
Received 10 Feb 2022The Paddock, Harts Lane, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EA
Received 10 Feb 202239 St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DX
Received 10 Feb 2022Rock Cottage, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BB
Received 11 Feb 2022Flat 27, Connaught Mansions, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BP
Received 11 Feb 2022136 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NF
Received 11 Feb 2022Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TS
Received 11 Feb 2022Bathampton Mill, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TS
Received 11 Feb 2022Records 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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