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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
53,571 approved · 6,583 refused · 4,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Dec 2004 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Frenchfield Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SL
Received 4 Aug 20223 Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AE
Received 4 Aug 202249 Ivy Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AJ
Received 4 Aug 2022Inspecs Limited, 7 - 10 Kelso Place, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3AU
Received 4 Aug 2022Parish's House , Hook, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0ND
Received 5 Aug 2022Bailbrook House Hotel , Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JD
Received 5 Aug 2022The Orchard , Trollope's Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HX
Received 5 Aug 202218 Kensington Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AP
Received 5 Aug 2022140 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 5 Aug 2022140 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 5 Aug 202219 Victoria Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QY
Received 5 Aug 2022Basement, 27 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TF
Received 5 Aug 2022Park Farm Ltd , Bath Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AQ
Received 5 Aug 2022Avondale Garage , High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 5 Aug 20222 Alice Park , Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BL
Received 5 Aug 20222 Alice Park , Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BL
Received 5 Aug 2022Swainswick Gardens Community Hall , Swainswick Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TL
Received 5 Aug 202221 Seven Acre Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HH
Received 5 Aug 2022Swainswick Gardens Community Hall , Swainswick Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TL
Received 5 Aug 2022Swainswick Gardens Community Hall , Swainswick Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TL
Received 5 Aug 2022Amenity Land Opposite Fernside, Deadmill Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Aug 202211 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LB
Received 5 Aug 202211 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LB
Received 5 Aug 2022Chewton Place, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Aug 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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