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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
50,734 approved · 5,753 refused · 4,641 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2005 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BU
Received 26 Sept 2022Tyning, Courtenay Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JT
Received 27 Sept 20222 Woodmans Cottages, Access Road To Brockham End, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Pasta Laboratory, 7 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Pasta Laboratory, 7 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Proud Cross Cottage , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 27 Sept 20224 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 27 Sept 20224 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 27 Sept 2022Manor Farm, Millards Hill, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BW
Received 21 Sept 2022Pinkers Barn, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 27 Sept 202210 Dafford's Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SG
Received 1 Mar 202211 Woodlands Park, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BQ
Received 27 Sept 20221 Pulteney Grove, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HQ
Received 28 Sept 2022Bath Quays South Development Site, Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Sept 2022Unnamed Bridge At Bath Quays, New Bridge Between Green Park Road And Newark Works, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Sept 202230 Gores Park, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6YG
Received 28 Sept 202213 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 28 Sept 202230 Melcombe Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LR
Received 28 Sept 2022National Osteoporosis Society, Manor Farm, Skinners Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PJ
Received 28 Sept 20221 School Cottages , The Street, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AR
Received 28 Sept 2022276 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 28 Sept 2022276 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 28 Sept 202245 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RS
Received 28 Sept 2022Paragon School , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 28 Sept 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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