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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
71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glenavon Lodge , 8 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG
Received 18 Jun 2025Guildhall , High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AW
Received 19 Jun 20255 Oakley, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DS
Received 19 Jun 2025Jody Cory, 9 Abbey Church Yard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LY
Received 19 Jun 2025Barton House , The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AL
Received 19 Jun 2025Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Jun 202529A Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BU
Received 19 Jun 2025Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Jun 2025St Barnabus Church Hall , Mount View, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1JX
Received 19 Jun 2025Sleight Farm , Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HN
Received 19 Jun 20256 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EW
Received 19 Jun 2025Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Jun 20251 High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QQ
Received 20 Jun 2025Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 20 Jun 202525 Coronation Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JT
Received 20 Jun 2025Agincourt House , Hay Hill, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LZ
Received 20 Jun 202518 Alfred Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QU
Received 20 Jun 202519 Alfred Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QU
Received 20 Jun 20252 Culverhay, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LQ
Received 20 Jun 2025Myrtle Cottage, Awkward Hill, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YP
Received 19 Jun 2025Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Jun 2025Lays Farm Business Centre , Lays Farm Trading Estate, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SE
Received 20 Jun 20254 All Saints Place, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DU
Received 20 Jun 2025Public Convenience, Waterloo Road, Radstock,
Received 20 Jun 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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