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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71,496 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Weatherly Avenue, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PF
Received 28 Jan 202512 Hanover Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PP
Received 29 Jan 2025Widcombe Infant School , Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JG
Received 29 Jan 2025Land East Of Fosseway Cottages, Welton Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Jan 2025The Globe Inn , Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BB
Received 29 Jan 2025The Globe Inn , Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BB
Received 29 Jan 2025The Globe Inn , Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BB
Received 29 Jan 2025The Globe Inn , Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BB
Received 29 Jan 2025Jubilee Centre , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 29 Jan 202528 St Kilda's Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QJ
Received 29 Jan 20251 Walcot Buildings, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AD
Received 29 Jan 2025Development Site Opposite Lyndon Vale, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Jan 20257 Napier Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LN
Received 29 Jan 2025Paragon School , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 29 Jan 20254 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 29 Jan 20255 Crown Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BP
Received 30 Jan 2025Lamont House , Lambridge Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RX
Received 30 Jan 2025The Manor , Queen Charlton Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SH
Received 30 Jan 2025Fairwood, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TT
Received 29 Jan 202514A Chatham Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BS
Received 30 Jan 202518 Great Stanhope Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Apr 202519 Great Stanhope Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Apr 202532 Withies Way, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2NE
Received 7 Apr 2025Land To North East Of Lambridge Training Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Apr 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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