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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 27 Jun 2025Menage And Stables, Chew Court, Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Jun 202516 Hensley Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DR
Received 27 Jun 2025Bathford Manor, Manor Drive, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Jun 20257 Catharine Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PR
Received 27 Jun 202521 The Linleys, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XE
Received 30 Jun 202576 Sladebrook Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LR
Received 30 Jun 2025The Maples , 28 College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RR
Received 30 Jun 202520 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 30 Jun 202532 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 30 Jun 2025Chelscombe Farm , Fonthill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BA
Received 30 Jun 202515 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 30 Jun 20251 Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AR
Received 30 Jun 202519 Naishes Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TF
Received 30 Jun 2025Bay House, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AA
Received 27 Jun 202523 Frankley Buildings, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EG
Received 30 Jun 20254 Woodland Grove, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AT
Received 30 Jun 2025Lodge, Locksbrook Cemetery, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3DQ
Received 30 Jun 2025Avon County Rowing Club, Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JS
Received 30 Jun 2025Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Jun 202590 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 30 Jun 202590 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 30 Jun 202535 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BA
Received 30 Jun 2025Public Toilets, High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 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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