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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 The Linleys, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XE
Received 3 Jul 2025The Old Bakery, Jews Lane, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DG
Received 3 Jul 2025The Hive, 16 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BQ
Received 3 Jul 2025The Hive, 16 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BQ
Received 3 Jul 202526 Beckhampton Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LL
Received 3 Jul 2025Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Jul 202580 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3ES
Received 3 Jul 2025Bridge Farm , Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EE
Received 4 Jul 20254 Falconer Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NH
Received 4 Jul 2025Top Floor, 1 Lansdown Place West, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EZ
Received 4 Jul 2025Land To East Of Providence Bungalow, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Jul 2025Town Mills, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PB
Received 4 Jul 202529 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UW
Received 4 Jul 2025205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NB
Received 4 Jul 2025205 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NB
Received 4 Jul 202526 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LR
Received 4 Jul 2025Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Jul 2025Town Mills, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PB
Received 4 Jul 2025Manor Cottage , 14 Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 4 Jul 20258 Penn Lea Court , Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RE
Received 4 Jul 2025Vane Cottage , 22 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JU
Received 4 Jul 2025Barn, Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Jul 20258 Penn Lea Court , Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RE
Received 4 Jul 2025Villa Rosa , Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 7 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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