Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
68,920 approved · 9,702 refused · 6,290 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 1997 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prospect Style Farm, Widcombe Hill, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AS
Received 13 Mar 2024Bath Spa Railway Station , Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SU
Received 13 Mar 202429 Brummel Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7XG
Received 13 Mar 2024Combe Hill House , Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HU
Received 13 Mar 2024Combe Hill House , Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HU
Received 13 Mar 2024100 Wellsway, Keynsham, BS31 1JB
Received 13 Mar 202415 East Way, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QB
Received 13 Mar 2024The Scala , Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LH
Received 13 Mar 2024Block 16 North Wing , Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 13 Mar 2024Clutton Youth Club , Station Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PF
Received 13 Mar 202451 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JZ
Received 13 Mar 2024Rosemere , Homefield Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EQ
Received 13 Mar 20242 Oakley, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DS
Received 14 Mar 2024Rolmar, High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HW
Received 13 Mar 202436 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 14 Mar 202435 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 14 Mar 2024The Depot , Brougham Hayes, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3GF
Received 14 Mar 2024Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases , Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 14 Mar 20245 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 14 Mar 2024Parcel 0038, Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Mar 2024114 Lymore Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AX
Received 14 Mar 202412 Meadway, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BD
Received 14 Mar 202466 Millfield, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PG
Received 14 Mar 2024Lyde Cottage , Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 14 Mar 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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