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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
39,767 approved · 3,743 refused · 3,767 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridgemead House Residential Home , 81 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PZ
Received 14 Feb 202212 Belgrave Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LU
Received 14 Feb 202211 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PW
Received 14 Feb 2022176 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BR
Received 14 Feb 202232 Devonshire Buildings, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SU
Received 15 Feb 202229 Green Park Mews, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JD
Received 15 Feb 2022Holly Cottage , Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UW
Received 15 Feb 202263 Manor Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RE
Received 15 Feb 2022Bath Spa University, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF
Received 15 Feb 20228 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EW
Received 15 Feb 202213 Brookside Close, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NN
Received 15 Feb 20223 Raby Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EH
Received 15 Feb 202220B Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DE
Received 15 Feb 2022The Coach House, Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Feb 2022Site Of 79a, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Feb 2022Woodlands, High Street, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WF
Received 15 Feb 202261 Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PW
Received 15 Feb 2022Ground Floor Offices, 2 - 4 Henry Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JT
Received 15 Feb 2022Ground Floor Offices, 2 - 4 Henry Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JT
Received 15 Feb 2022Midsomer Norton Power Generation Plant, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BB
Received 15 Feb 202242 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NZ
Received 15 Feb 2022Storage Yard Adjacent To Argyle Works, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DB
Received 28 Jan 20225 The Brow, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JL
Received 16 Feb 202244 King Edward Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PB
Received 16 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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