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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
54,706 approved · 6,921 refused · 5,068 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2003 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Peasedown St John Primary School, Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8DH
Received 23 Nov 202221A Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AD
Received 23 Nov 202216 Greenridge, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PE
Received 24 Nov 20226 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SH
Received 24 Nov 20225 Kennet Park, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SS
Received 24 Nov 2022Nuholme, Wick Lane, Stanton Wick, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BX
Received 24 Nov 2022Parcel 3700, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Nov 2022Beckford Tower , Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BH
Received 24 Nov 2022Flat 3, 1 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RU
Received 24 Nov 2022Flat 1, 199 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RZ
Received 24 Nov 2022New Farm , Marksbury Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HJ
Received 24 Nov 2022Wansdyke Business Centre, Oldfield Lane, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Nov 202221 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 24 Nov 2022Terrys Butcher, 9 - 10 London Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BU
Received 24 Nov 2022Tennis Courts, Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Nov 202217 Lime Grove Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HE
Received 22 Nov 2022Jessops , 6 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AQ
Received 5 Dec 2022Manor Farm , Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DP
Received 25 Nov 2022Parcel 726, Southville Terrace, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Nov 2022213 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TN
Received 25 Nov 2022Commercial Parking Site, Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Nov 202235 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RG
Received 25 Nov 2022Court Leet Farm , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SU
Received 28 Nov 2022Holly Lawn , Prospect Place, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QP
Received 28 Nov 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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