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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
71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Andrews Estate Agents, The Clockhouse, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HL
Received 25 Apr 2024Prospect House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PR
Received 25 Apr 2024Prospect House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PR
Received 25 Apr 202432 Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AN
Received 25 Apr 2024Sunnyside , Whistley Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HD
Received 25 Apr 20246 Leopold Buildings , Upper Hedgemead Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NY
Received 25 Apr 202413 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BP
Received 25 Apr 202413 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BP
Received 25 Apr 2024Hotel Indigo, 4 - 8 South Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AA
Received 25 Apr 20241 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 25 Apr 2024Raised Beds Site Location, Parsonage Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Apr 2024Chilterns , Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UP
Received 25 Apr 2024Former Purnell Factory Development Site, Oxleaze Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Apr 2024149 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5BS
Received 26 Apr 2024Two The Butty Piece , 6 Park Street Mews, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SZ
Received 26 Apr 2024Croxbottom Cottage , 48 Claysend, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9DD
Received 26 Apr 2024Parcel 7259, Hayeswood Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Apr 2024Honeybank , Britten's Hill, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PE
Received 26 Apr 202433 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 26 Apr 20242 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 26 Apr 20242 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 26 Apr 2024Lake View , Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XJ
Received 26 Apr 2024Land Between 1A And 3, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Apr 2024Paragon School , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 26 Apr 2024Records 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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