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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
King William Iv, 54 Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HY
Received 22 Oct 20242 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 22 Oct 2024Edward Nash Architects, 23A Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 22 Oct 202432 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 23 Oct 202435 St John's Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BW
Received 23 Oct 20246 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 23 Oct 2024Lower Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 23 Oct 2024The Coach House, Crowe Hall, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 23 Oct 2024The Coach House, Crowe Hall, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 23 Oct 2024Lower Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 23 Oct 2024Bath City Farm , Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NW
Received 23 Oct 2024Claremont Methodist Church , Eastbourne Avenue, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EN
Received 7 Aug 2024Parcel 3700, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Aug 2024Street Record, St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 7 Aug 202421 Monger Lane, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2FF
Received 7 Aug 2024Block 16 North Wing , Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 7 Aug 2024West Wing Cottage, Upper Lansdown Mews, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HF
Received 7 Aug 202417 Grosvenor Bridge Road, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BB
Received 6 Aug 2024Unregistered Unit 1-4, Old Station Yard, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Aug 2024George Inn , Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TR
Received 7 Aug 2024Second Floor Office, 19D , 19 Charles Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HX
Received 7 Aug 2024Second Floor Office, 19D , 19 Charles Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HX
Received 7 Aug 2024Parcel 2065, Meadgate East, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Aug 2024The Wheel House, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EY
Received 7 Aug 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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