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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71,496 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Sunnybank , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NA
Received 22 Jan 20251 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 22 Jan 2025Dick Lovett (bath) Ltd, Wellsway Garage, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DR
Received 22 Jan 202536 High Street, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EJ
Received 21 Jan 2025Church Farm , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 23 Jan 2025Land East Of Fosseway Cottages, Welton Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Jan 2025Andrews Estate Agents, The Clockhouse, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HL
Received 23 Jan 202511 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AZ
Received 23 Jan 2025The Milsom, 24 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 23 Jan 2025King William Iv, 54 Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HY
Received 23 Jan 2025Platinum Accident Repair Centre (renrod Limited), 22 - 24 Cheltenham Street, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3EX
Received 23 Jan 20254 Beaufort Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RP
Received 23 Jan 202561 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PZ
Received 23 Jan 202521 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 23 Jan 2025Ridge Cottage , Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ED
Received 24 Jan 2025Wolverton , 14 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 24 Jan 2025Ferndown House , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 24 Jan 2025Island House , Streamleaze, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SE
Received 24 Jan 202511 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 24 Jan 2025170 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NG
Received 24 Jan 202522 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 24 Jan 202531 Shaws Way, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QQ
Received 24 Jan 2025Windyridge , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QA
Received 24 Jan 20258 Bluebell Drive, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1FP
Received 24 Jan 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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