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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
20 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TS
Received 10 Oct 2024The Lake House, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ST
Received 9 Oct 202439 Sedgemoor Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PJ
Received 10 Oct 2024Cherry Trees , Phillis Hill, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SL
Received 11 Oct 2024Achor , Summerfield Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QB
Received 11 Oct 2024Bath Sports And Leisure Centre , North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4ET
Received 11 Oct 2024Countess Of Huntingdon Chapel , Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 11 Oct 2024Parcel 7527, Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Oct 2024Parcel 7527, Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Oct 2024Hodshill House , Hodshill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7ED
Received 11 Oct 20243 Oakfield Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XR
Received 11 Oct 2024Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 11 Oct 2024Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 11 Oct 20245 Barton Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JR
Received 11 Oct 20245 Barton Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JR
Received 11 Oct 20249 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RW
Received 11 Oct 2024Street Record, High Fields, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Oct 2024Field By Bypass West Of Braysdown Lane, Wellow Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Oct 2024Street Record, Sunnyside View, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8JN
Received 8 Oct 2024St Martin's Hospital Pct Headquarters, Clara Cross Lane, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RP
Received 11 Oct 2024Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Oct 2024Fourwoods, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HW
Received 8 Oct 2024Mill Island, The Shallows, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EX
Received 9 Oct 2024Homebase , Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ET
Received 11 Oct 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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