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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
44,795 approved · 4,248 refused · 4,025 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Turnpike Cottage , Wells Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HD
Received 4 May 202215 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 4 May 202231 May Tree Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3TU
Received 4 May 20227 Longfellow Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SJ
Received 4 May 2022Conygre House , Loves Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0FZ
Received 4 May 2022101 Faulkland View, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TP
Received 4 May 2022Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 2022Site Of Former Nursery, Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 2022Bath City Farm , Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NW
Received 4 May 2022The Weston, 1 - 3 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HE
Received 4 May 20229 Friday Lane, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BU
Received 4 May 2022The Weston, 1 - 3 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HE
Received 4 May 2022The Tramshed , Beehive Yard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BB
Received 4 May 202214 Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4JY
Received 4 May 2022Beech Croft, 2 Norton Close, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 29 Apr 2022Old Vicarage, Church Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LG
Received 29 Apr 20221 Sulis Manor Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AL
Received 29 Apr 202215 Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BA
Received 4 May 2022Yeo Valley Soring, Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Apr 2022Flat 11, Lansdown Mansions, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ST
Received 4 May 20223 North Chew Terrace , The Batch, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RN
Received 5 May 202233 Hillside Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2LT
Received 5 May 2022Green Park Station, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JB
Received 5 May 2022Land To Rear Of 43 Upper Oldfield Park, Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 May 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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