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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71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechlands , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 20 Feb 2025Radnor Lodge , 71 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Land At Rear Of Carpenter's Arms, Wick Lane, Stanton Wick, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Feb 20253 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QQ
Received 20 Feb 20253 Hamilton Way, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0SZ
Received 21 Feb 202573 Mountain Wood, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SA
Received 21 Feb 2025Paulton Rovers Social Club , Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 21 Feb 20255 Derwent Grove, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1NT
Received 21 Feb 2025Widgates , Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DY
Received 21 Feb 2025Hilton National Hotel , Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BJ
Received 21 Feb 2025Street Record, Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Feb 2025153 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 21 Feb 2025Parcel 0038, Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Feb 2025Land To The Rear Of 89 To123, Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Feb 202511 George Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BP
Received 21 Feb 20254 Worcester Villas, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QR
Received 21 Feb 2025Holy Trinity Church , Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AY
Received 21 Feb 2025Office, 11 St Lawrence Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AN
Received 24 Feb 2025Office, 11 St Lawrence Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AN
Received 24 Feb 2025Beechwood , The Avenue, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HU
Received 24 Feb 202528 Stirtingale Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Tower House , 53 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RR
Received 24 Feb 202510 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AZ
Received 24 Feb 20257 Alexander Buildings, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AT
Received 24 Feb 2025Records 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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