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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Frome House , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EY
Received 21 May 2024Wellfield House , Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SG
Received 21 May 2024Combe Grove , Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HS
Received 21 May 2024New House , High Street, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HX
Received 21 May 2024Garri House , Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ER
Received 22 May 20245 Lime Grove Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HE
Received 22 May 20241 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 22 May 20244 Hermitage Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SN
Received 22 May 202421 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 22 May 2024Sulis Hospital Bath , Foxcote Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SQ
Received 22 May 2024Freshford Hall , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 22 May 2024Freshford Hall , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 22 May 2024Plot Between Dymboro Villa And 17, Providence Place, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 May 2024Mount Pleasant Quarry, Mount Pleasant, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 May 2024Land Between 131 And 153, High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 May 2024Grasmere , Hayesfield Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QE
Received 22 May 2024St Stephens Ce Va Primary School , Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 22 May 2024Moger & Sparrow, 24 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HY
Received 22 May 20244 Church Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AQ
Received 22 May 202443 Harcourt Gardens, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DL
Received 22 May 202429 Edward Street, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BR
Received 22 May 20246 Walcot Buildings, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AD
Received 22 May 202414 High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BZ
Received 22 May 202428 Audley Grove, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BT
Received 23 May 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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