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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71,496 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3US
Received 21 Jan 2025Parcel 2727, Kingshill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Jan 2025Countess Of Huntingdon Chapel , Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 21 Jan 2025Countess Of Huntingdon Chapel , Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 21 Jan 2025Leigh Farm , Old Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BA
Received 21 Jan 202520 Beresford Close, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HU
Received 21 Jan 20251 Sydney Lawn, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BH
Received 21 Jan 2025Play Area, Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Jan 2025Chalfont , Charlcombe Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TP
Received 21 Jan 2025Street Record, Beckford Drive, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Jan 2025John Wood Court , Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AL
Received 22 Jan 2025Cameley Surgery , The Green, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BW
Received 22 Jan 202520 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UJ
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 202523 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EW
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025Rocquaine, The Timbers, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4DT
Received 20 Jan 2025St Mary's Church , The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TQ
Received 22 Jan 2025Revolution Bar, 2 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EB
Received 22 Jan 2025Nuholme, Wick Lane, Stanton Wick, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BX
Received 22 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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