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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71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Acacia Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HG
Received 10 Feb 202526 Ringswell Gardens, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BS
Received 10 Feb 202569 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QE
Received 10 Feb 2025Basement Flat, 11 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ER
Received 10 Feb 2025Fir Lodge , 91 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AE
Received 10 Feb 202510 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AQ
Received 10 Feb 20259 Seymour Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DY
Received 10 Feb 20253 Charlton Park, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2NA
Received 10 Feb 2025Rising Sun, 3 - 4 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 10 Feb 2025Rising Sun, 3 - 4 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 10 Feb 202549 Manor Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AB
Received 11 Feb 2025113 Lymore Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AX
Received 11 Feb 20254 Brunswick Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RQ
Received 11 Feb 202516 Alpine Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PE
Received 11 Feb 202514 Woodland Grove, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AT
Received 11 Feb 2025Ground Floor Offices, Wessex House, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TP
Received 11 Feb 202524 Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BU
Received 11 Feb 2025Woodside House, Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 4 Feb 202512 Lansdown Crescent, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JX
Received 11 Feb 2025Woodland Belt To South Of 6 Mill Cottages, The Shallows, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Feb 2025Radstock Methodist Church , The Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PL
Received 11 Feb 2025Holy Trinity Church , Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AY
Received 11 Feb 202515 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 11 Feb 2025Techniglaze Ltd, 48 First Avenue, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 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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