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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71,497 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
150 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EJ
Received 21 May 2025Vale View , Belmont Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JR
Received 21 May 2025Land To South Of No 1, Mezellion Place, Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 May 20252 Englishcombe Way, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EU
Received 21 May 20254 Audley Grove, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BS
Received 21 May 20254 Heritage Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TJ
Received 21 May 2025Methodist Church , 50 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TD
Received 22 May 2025138 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EJ
Received 22 May 202530 Withies Way, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2NE
Received 22 May 20259 Bushythorn Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XP
Received 22 May 202515 Woodlands Park, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BQ
Received 22 May 2025Flat 1, 3 Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AT
Received 14 Mar 2025Unit C, Weston Lock Retail Park, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EP
Received 14 Mar 2025Charlcombe Inn , Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BT
Received 14 Mar 202594 Rush Hill, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QS
Received 17 Mar 2025Hillcroft , Nempnett Street, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YW
Received 17 Mar 2025Village Farm , Priston Hill, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EB
Received 17 Mar 2025Construct , 21 Circus Mews, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PW
Received 17 Mar 202585 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LS
Received 17 Mar 20258 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AJ
Received 17 Mar 2025Hanover House , 6 Hanover Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PP
Received 17 Mar 2025Hazelwood House , Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SF
Received 17 Mar 202536 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 17 Mar 2025Former Coach House To Rear Of 8 Edgar Buildings, St Andrew's Terrace, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Mar 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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