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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
48,172 approved · 5,056 refused · 4,354 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Aug 2007 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rspca Bath Cats & Dogs Home , The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AZ
Received 24 Jun 2022Poole House , Poolemead Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QU
Received 24 Jun 20222 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UR
Received 15 Jun 20224 Crescent Office Park, Clarks Way, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AF
Received 24 Jun 2022Aston Villa , New Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JH
Received 27 Jun 2022Hardys Original Sweet Shop, 26 Westgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EP
Received 27 Jun 2022Tivoli , 70 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LL
Received 27 Jun 2022Lyn House , Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EN
Received 27 Jun 2022Home Farm , High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SW
Received 27 Jun 2022Sunnymede , 6 Meadow View, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QT
Received 27 Jun 2022The Chalet, 52 Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AH
Received 27 Jun 20225 Sulis Manor Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AL
Received 27 Jun 202264 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 27 Jun 202254 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PB
Received 27 Jun 2022Grove House , 12 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HA
Received 27 Jun 2022Priory Hotel , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XT
Received 27 Jun 202228 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 27 Jun 202227 Oak Street, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BR
Received 27 Jun 20225 Laburnum Grove, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PN
Received 27 Jun 20221 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DA
Received 27 Jun 20221 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DA
Received 27 Jun 202218 Bloomfield Grove, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BZ
Received 27 Jun 2022Flat 8, Fitzroy House, 59 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DW
Received 28 Jun 2022Flat 8, Fitzroy House, 59 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DW
Received 28 Jun 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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