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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
55,017 approved · 7,027 refused · 5,110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 8 Dec 2022Woodlands , Warminster Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BN
Received 8 Dec 2022Archways , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
Received 9 Dec 2022Archways , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
Received 9 Dec 20228 Rectory Close, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AW
Received 9 Dec 2022Proud Cross Cottage , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 9 Dec 2022Station House , Ashley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DS
Received 9 Dec 2022Rockhall House, Rock Hall Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Dec 20221 Garrick Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QX
Received 9 Dec 2022Joules, 12 Northgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AS
Received 9 Dec 2022Elm Farm , Butham Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RQ
Received 9 Dec 20222 Entry Hill Park, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ND
Received 9 Dec 202230 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 12 Dec 2022Stonebeck , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 12 Dec 20228 Seymour Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DY
Received 12 Dec 2022Ground Floor, 13 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 12 Dec 2022Kensington Villa , Percy Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AS
Received 12 Dec 202258 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DB
Received 12 Dec 2022Derelict Area Next To Pond, Mill Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Dec 202249 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 12 Dec 2022Karena, Brassmill Lane, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HT
Received 9 Dec 20222 Bath Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SA
Received 8 Dec 2022Loch Fyne Fish Restaurant, 24 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 8 Dec 202232 Devonshire Buildings, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SU
Received 12 Dec 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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