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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71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
65 Norman Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BH
Received 19 Mar 2025Newbridge Surgery , 129 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PT
Received 19 Mar 2025Tr Hayes Warehouse, York Place, London Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AE
Received 19 Mar 2025Yard At Rear, York Place, 4 London Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Mar 202513 Lower Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JJ
Received 19 Mar 2025186 Old Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RG
Received 19 Mar 2025Parcel 3254, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Mar 202537 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 19 Mar 2025Ministry Of Defence Storage And Distribution Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TP
Received 19 Mar 202537 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 19 Mar 2025Hayesfield , Pioneer Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QX
Received 19 Mar 202517 Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RB
Received 19 Mar 2025Hicks Field Rugby Ground , London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA
Received 19 Mar 2025Baroda , The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EQ
Received 19 Mar 2025The Exchange , 1 Milk Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BS
Received 19 Mar 2025The Exchange , 1 Milk Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BS
Received 19 Mar 20254 Claverton Drive, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AJ
Received 19 Mar 2025Waltons Guest House , 17 Crescent Gardens, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NA
Received 19 Mar 202541 Sladebrook Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LP
Received 19 Mar 202521 Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QX
Received 19 Mar 202533 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JZ
Received 20 Mar 20251 Darlington Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EA
Received 20 Mar 202513 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LL
Received 20 Mar 20259 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LL
Received 20 Mar 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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