Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
43,598 approved · 4,116 refused · 3,966 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Dec 2009 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Johnstone Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DH
Received 11 Apr 20221 Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QS
Received 11 Apr 202216 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 11 Apr 202222 Loxley Gardens, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HS
Received 11 Apr 2022Top Flat, 9 Lansdown Place West, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EZ
Received 12 Apr 2022Catherston, Chapel Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XD
Received 12 Apr 2022Chapel House, Burnett Hill, Burnett, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TQ
Received 12 Apr 2022Ground Floor Flat, 28 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 12 Apr 202278 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TG
Received 12 Apr 2022Parcel 6750, Double House Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Apr 2022Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 12 Apr 2022High View , The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JQ
Received 12 Apr 202216 - 17 Walcot Buildings, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AD
Received 12 Apr 20226 Johnstone Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DH
Received 12 Apr 2022Aquila, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 12 Apr 20227 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 12 Apr 2022Hope Cottage, Greendown Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DD
Received 20 Apr 2022White Rose Farm, Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ED
Received 13 Apr 202231 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 7 Apr 20226 Dymboro Gardens, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QT
Received 13 Apr 20221 Primrose Terrace, Pit Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2US
Received 6 Apr 20223 Symes Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4PA
Received 6 Apr 2022Street Record, Wellsway Park, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Apr 202244 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3ES
Received 13 Apr 2022Records 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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