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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
44,969 approved · 4,282 refused · 4,040 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bloomfield House Private Hotel , 146 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AS
Received 6 May 202240 Daneacre Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JS
Received 6 May 202214 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 6 May 202214 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 6 May 2022Brantfell , 14 Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QS
Received 6 May 2022Islett , Pagans Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QJ
Received 6 May 2022Waterworks Cottage , Charlcombe Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JZ
Received 6 May 2022The Mount , Main Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DQ
Received 9 May 20225 Alexandra Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PW
Received 9 May 2022Oldfield School , Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 9 May 202244 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BE
Received 9 May 2022Ethical Property Company Offices, South Vaults, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 May 2022Carphone Warehouse, 20 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QF
Received 9 May 2022Tower House , Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 9 May 2022Land To North West Of Granville Road Junction, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 202231 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF
Received 9 May 202278 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 9 May 202238 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AN
Received 9 May 2022Brookdene , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 9 May 2022Stonecroft , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 9 May 2022Francis Hotel, 6 - 11 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HH
Received 9 May 2022Somer Cottage , Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DE
Received 9 May 2022High Trees , Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UN
Received 9 May 202283 Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NR
Received 9 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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