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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71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St John's Church , South Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AF
Received 24 Mar 2025Cecil House, 26 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EX
Received 24 Mar 2025The Woodlands , Bennett's Lane, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JX
Received 24 Mar 202527A Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AB
Received 24 Mar 2025St Marks Community Centre , St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 24 Mar 2025Potato Garden House , Valley View Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DJ
Received 24 Mar 20259 Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BJ
Received 24 Mar 2025Abbey Green Craft Gallery, 5 Abbey Green, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NW
Received 24 Mar 2025Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 24 Mar 2025Chilterns , Park Corner, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UP
Received 24 Mar 2025Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 24 Mar 20253 Parkland Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6FN
Received 24 Mar 2025Miles House , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6FQ
Received 24 Mar 202517 Southstoke Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SL
Received 24 Mar 2025Durley Hill House , Old Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AH
Received 24 Mar 2025Jody Cory, 9 Abbey Church Yard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LY
Received 24 Mar 2025Whitehaven Residential Home , Fosseway, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AU
Received 24 Mar 2025Greenacres , Littleton Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8NR
Received 24 Mar 2025Woodside , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EN
Received 24 Mar 2025Tor View , Rock Hall Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JF
Received 24 Mar 2025Sulis Hospital Bath , Foxcote Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SQ
Received 24 Mar 2025Abbeydale House, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Mar 202595 Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AU
Received 24 Mar 2025Cross Manufacturing Co Ltd , Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RR
Received 24 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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