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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
71,496 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Blenheim Gardens, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NL
Received 13 Jan 20257 Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 13 Jan 2025Street Record, Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Jan 2025Lyndale, Welton Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3UD
Received 13 Jan 2025Morrisons, London Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AE
Received 13 Jan 202529 Russet Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SS
Received 13 Jan 20255 Princes Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ED
Received 13 Jan 2025Redwood House , 65 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2WB
Received 13 Jan 2025Bath Quays North Development Site, Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jan 202515 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 13 Jan 202526 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QA
Received 13 Jan 20258 Combe Road Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JG
Received 13 Jan 2025Croquet Lawns, Bath Recreation Ground, Pulteney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jan 202510 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DB
Received 14 Jan 2025Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Jan 2025Greenlea , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 14 Jan 202524 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NN
Received 14 Jan 2025New Inn, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EG
Received 14 Jan 2025110 Rush Hill, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QS
Received 14 Jan 20256 Salisbury View , Salisbury Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RL
Received 15 Jan 202514 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PE
Received 15 Jan 202537 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JZ
Received 15 Jan 20251 Rose Cottages , The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EQ
Received 15 Jan 20256 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Jan 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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