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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
43,786 approved · 4,133 refused · 3,971 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 20 Apr 2022Halfway Farm , Stanton Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4ET
Received 20 Apr 202215 Carter Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LL
Received 20 Apr 2022Tandoori Garden, 45 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DS
Received 1 Mar 2022Empty Premises, 5 High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Apr 2022Basement Flat 4, 11 Queen's Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NJ
Received 20 Apr 2022Basement Flat 4, 11 Queen's Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NJ
Received 20 Apr 2022The Chelsea Cafe, 8E Chelsea Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DU
Received 21 Apr 2022Woolston Place, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SU
Received 21 Apr 2022Woodlands , Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BN
Received 21 Apr 2022Parkwood, 30 St James's Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SU
Received 21 Apr 20225 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 21 Apr 202260 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HP
Received 21 Apr 2022Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Apr 202217 Fuller Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BB
Received 21 Apr 202216 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 21 Apr 2022Flower And Hayes Ltd, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Apr 2022120C Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BP
Received 21 Apr 20222 Entry Hill Park, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ND
Received 21 Apr 2022Francis Hotel, 6 - 11 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HH
Received 21 Apr 2022Field Between City Farm And Cotswold View, The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Apr 2022Garage Block, Brookside Close, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Apr 20226 Malvern Terrace, Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JT
Received 19 Apr 202225 Manor Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RJ
Received 22 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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