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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71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bath Clinic , Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BR
Received 18 Feb 20254 Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DH
Received 19 Feb 2025Halfway Farm , Stanton Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4ET
Received 19 Feb 202526 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 19 Feb 2025Parcel 0348, Church Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 19 Feb 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 19 Feb 2025Knights Folly Farm , Woollard Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QT
Received 19 Feb 2025Hillstead House, Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XA
Received 19 Feb 2025Assembly Rooms , Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QH
Received 19 Feb 2025216 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LG
Received 19 Feb 2025Garri House , Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ER
Received 19 Feb 2025Soho Coffee, 12 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2025Soho Coffee, 12 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2025Soho Coffee, 12 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2025Soho Coffee, 12 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2025The Old Stables , Old Bath Road, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 20 Feb 2025Mandeville , Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RL
Received 20 Feb 2025Perryhouse Farm, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XG
Received 20 Feb 202527 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HF
Received 20 Feb 2025Lower Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LL
Received 20 Feb 202572 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1PL
Received 20 Feb 2025Bishop Lodge, Sutton Court, Sutton Court Access Road, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DN
Received 20 Feb 2025171 Redland Park, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SQ
Received 20 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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