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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
71,497 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To East Of Providence Bungalow, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 20252 Stonehouse Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DW
Received 29 Apr 2025Great Hayes Court, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 2025Empty Premises, 5 High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 2025Tatters , Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 29 Apr 2025Leaning Pines, Thrubwell Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7XA
Received 28 Apr 202517 Hillside Crescent, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2ND
Received 29 Apr 2025Audley House , Park Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XP
Received 29 Apr 2025198 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BR
Received 29 Apr 20256 Southdown Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HY
Received 29 Apr 2025Garage Blocks, Walnut Buildings, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JL
Received 29 Apr 2025Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 2025Park House, 1 Park Place, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EH
Received 29 Apr 20257 Montrose Cottages, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AF
Received 29 Apr 2025Parcel 3511, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Apr 2025Basement, 1 Laura Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BH
Received 29 Apr 20253 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TR
Received 30 Apr 20252 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DU
Received 30 Apr 20251 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DU
Received 30 Apr 20254 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DU
Received 30 Apr 20258 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DU
Received 30 Apr 2025Dunedin Lodge, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XT
Received 30 Apr 2025Third Floor, 32 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QB
Received 30 Apr 2025Dale Lodge, Harcourt Gardens, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DL
Received 30 Apr 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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