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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
44,535 approved · 4,209 refused · 4,003 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 2009 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Trossachs Drive, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RP
Received 25 Apr 2022Garage Block North Of 33, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Apr 202243 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JQ
Received 25 Apr 2022Kilowatt House , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HW
Received 25 Apr 2022Ashlars, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 26 Apr 20226 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SH
Received 26 Apr 20226 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SH
Received 26 Apr 20229 Dovers Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SU
Received 26 Apr 2022Paulton Rovers Social Club, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 26 Apr 202223 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 26 Apr 202222 St Christopher's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RG
Received 26 Apr 2022Old Culverhaysians Rugby Ground , Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2SS
Received 26 Apr 2022Chivers House , Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DT
Received 26 Apr 202276 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BA
Received 26 Apr 2022111 Hillcrest Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HE
Received 26 Apr 20228 Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TB
Received 26 Apr 202211 Kinber Close, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LT
Received 27 Apr 2022Woodbridge Farm, Bickfield Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PX
Received 27 Apr 202218 Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AD
Received 27 Apr 2022Flat 3, Glencairn Court, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HB
Received 27 Apr 2022Second Floor Flat, 9 Beaufort East, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QD
Received 27 Apr 202213 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 27 Apr 2022Yew Tree Villa, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 27 Apr 2022Meriden Cottage, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XZ
Received 27 Apr 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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