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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gaia , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 29 Aug 2024Oleander , Ashes Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UW
Received 29 Aug 2024173 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PY
Received 30 Aug 2024Park Farm Ltd , Bath Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AQ
Received 30 Aug 2024Old Canal House , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 30 Aug 2024Church Farm House , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 30 Aug 202432 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JJ
Received 30 Aug 2024Pensford Post Office, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AF
Received 29 Aug 202440 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 30 Aug 202453 Freeview Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DT
Received 30 Aug 202443 Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HZ
Received 30 Aug 202454 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NH
Received 30 Aug 202421 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AR
Received 30 Aug 2024Land Opposite 30, Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Aug 2024The Glade , Shaft Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HP
Received 30 Aug 202421 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AR
Received 30 Aug 202446 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 30 Aug 20246 Claremont Place , Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JE
Received 30 Aug 20246 Claremont Place , Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JE
Received 30 Aug 202430 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 2 Sept 202413 Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JD
Received 2 Sept 202433 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LY
Received 2 Sept 202433 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LY
Received 2 Sept 202433 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 2 Sept 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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