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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
56,060 approved · 7,274 refused · 5,199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2003 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PA
Received 16 Dec 202253 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 16 Dec 20221 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PF
Received 16 Dec 2022Jessops , 6 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AQ
Received 16 Dec 2022Jessops , 6 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AQ
Received 16 Dec 2022Field Between City Farm And Cotswold View, The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Dec 2022Hartley Wood , King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QA
Received 16 Dec 20221 Farrs Cottages , Farrs Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DU
Received 16 Dec 20224 West Tyning, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HW
Received 19 Dec 2022Second And Third Floor S, 11 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 19 Dec 202289 Napier Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LW
Received 19 Dec 2022Land North Of 4, High Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Dec 2022204 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NG
Received 19 Dec 2022Southwest House , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 19 Dec 202219 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AZ
Received 19 Dec 2022Selwood Place , Weston Park West, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AR
Received 19 Dec 202259 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 19 Dec 202213 Herbert Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PP
Received 19 Dec 2022Somerset House, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UF
Received 19 Dec 2022Ground And Garden Flat, 18 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 19 Dec 2022Ground And Garden Flat, 18 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 19 Dec 202220A Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2ND
Received 19 Dec 2022Badgers Lea , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LP
Received 19 Dec 2022Badgers Lea , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LP
Received 19 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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