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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Primrose Lodge , Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UX
Received 23 Jun 2025The Old Rectory , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 24 Jun 2025The Old Rectory , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 24 Jun 20255 Lytton Gardens, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LW
Received 24 Jun 2025The Old Bakery , Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AH
Received 24 Jun 2025Flat, 30 West Hill Gardens, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3SH
Received 24 Jun 2025Avondale Garage , High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 24 Jun 2025First Floor, 3 Albion Terrace, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3AF
Received 24 Jun 20257 Fuller Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BB
Received 24 Jun 202514 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 24 Jun 2025Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Jun 2025Bath Fire Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU
Received 24 Jun 202528 Entry Hill Park, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ND
Received 24 Jun 2025Parcel 3470, East Dundry Lane, Norton Hawkfield, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Jun 2025Wyndrush, Tilley Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BE
Received 24 Jun 2025Weston Free Church, High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DB
Received 24 Jun 2025Royal United Hospital Central Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 24 Jun 2025Cam Valley Sports Club , 20 Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NX
Received 24 Jun 20251 Bloomfield Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QU
Received 25 Jun 2025Elm Grove Farm, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Jun 2025Edelweiss Farm, Fosseway, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BS
Received 25 Jun 2025Clayley Cottage , Hunstrete Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NX
Received 25 Jun 2025Pound Hill Cottage , Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EW
Received 25 Jun 202550 Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HY
Received 26 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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