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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
71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Alexander Buildings, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AT
Received 24 Feb 2025Holy Trinity Church , Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AY
Received 24 Feb 2025Orchard House, 61D Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 24 Feb 2025Solina , Grand Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DF
Received 24 Feb 2025Land Behind 36-37, Farmborough Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 20253 Bailbrook Court , Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AB
Received 24 Feb 202540 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 24 Feb 202540 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 24 Feb 202515 Park Street Mews, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SZ
Received 24 Feb 202515 Park Street Mews, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SZ
Received 24 Feb 2025Paulton Rovers Social Club , Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 24 Feb 2025Wellow Trekking Centre, Little Horse Croft Farm, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QF
Received 24 Feb 2025Ling Heather , The Street, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AR
Received 24 Feb 2025Cross Manufacturing Co Ltd , Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RR
Received 24 Feb 20252 The Close, Palmers Lane, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8AX
Received 24 Feb 20257 Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NR
Received 25 Feb 2025Chalfont , Charlcombe Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TP
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 2025Street Record, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Feb 202523 Grange Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AH
Received 25 Feb 2025Records 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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