Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Myrtoe Cottage , 19 Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 14 Jul 2025First Floor, 12 Kensington Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AP
Received 14 Jul 202522 - 24 Elm Terrace, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3XS
Received 14 Jul 202531 Hawthorn Grove, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QA
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Jul 2025Bramble Cottage , Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JP
Received 14 Jul 202563 Quarry Rock Gardens, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EG
Received 14 Jul 20251 Belvedere Place , Morford Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RN
Received 14 Jul 20251 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ED
Received 14 Jul 202511 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ED
Received 14 Jul 202520 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ED
Received 14 Jul 202512 Hope Place, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LT
Received 14 Jul 2025City Of Bath College , Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1UP
Received 14 Jul 202526 Grove Wood Road, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QZ
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Parcel 0005, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Jul 2025Barn Close Cottage, The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AJ
Received 14 Jul 202528 The Glebe, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0LT
Received 14 Jul 202539 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 14 Jul 2025138 Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ST
Received 14 Jul 2025Bath N H S House, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QE
Received 14 Jul 2025Stitchings Shord Farm , Stitchings Shord Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UD
Received 14 Jul 2025Gattrell , Steway Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EH
Received 14 Jul 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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