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
49,000 approved · 5,279 refused · 4,451 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NR
Received 27 Jul 2022Unauthorised Property Rear Of Fairhaven, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Jul 2022Hollybush End , The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6LB
Received 27 Jul 2022213 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TN
Received 27 Jul 2022Cloud Hill Farm , Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BX
Received 27 Jul 2022Lyncombe Court , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LR
Received 27 Jul 2022Lyncombe Court , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LR
Received 27 Jul 2022Rock House , Cuckoo Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7XB
Received 27 Jul 2022Chivers House , Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DT
Received 13 May 202212 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 13 May 202225 Chilton Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DR
Received 13 May 20226 Worcester Terrace, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PY
Received 13 May 20222 Bath Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SA
Received 13 May 202230 Sheridan Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QY
Received 13 May 2022Paragon School , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 13 May 2022Chelwood Farm House , Main Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NN
Received 14 May 2022Sabinal , Lucklands Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AU
Received 16 May 202220 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RZ
Received 16 May 20221 Ivy Cottages , Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HL
Received 16 May 2022West Lodge , Fox Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AS
Received 16 May 2022Yew Tree Villa , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 16 May 2022Bramleys, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AW
Received 15 May 202210 Axbridge Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PW
Received 16 May 20227 Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PH
Received 16 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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