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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
71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 17 Mar 2025The Soap Bar And Café, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TA
Received 17 Mar 2025Flat 1, 8 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 18 Mar 202517 Chantry Mead Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DE
Received 18 Mar 202515 Gordon Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NH
Received 18 Mar 2025Bay Tree House, 51 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PZ
Received 18 Mar 202520 Meare Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PP
Received 18 Mar 2025The Bungalow , Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AE
Received 18 Mar 2025Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1 - 4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Mar 2025Combe House , Cleevedale Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QS
Received 18 Mar 202515 Somer Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SB
Received 18 Mar 20253 Bruton Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QJ
Received 18 Mar 202555 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LJ
Received 18 Mar 2025Broadlands Fruit Farm , Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LR
Received 18 Mar 2025Wick Farm, Rankers Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NU
Received 15 Mar 2025Lyde Cottage , Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 18 Mar 2025Upper Shockerwick Farm, Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 14 Mar 202547 Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RB
Received 18 Mar 2025Greystones , High Street, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EB
Received 18 Mar 2025Former Coach House To Rear Of 8 Edgar Buildings, St Andrew's Terrace, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Mar 202528 St Kilda's Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QJ
Received 18 Mar 2025Basement Flat, 8 Laura Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BJ
Received 18 Mar 20252 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 18 Mar 202515 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 18 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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