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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Greenway House , Litton Lane, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AY
Received 8 Jul 202525 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EG
Received 8 Jul 2025Little Willows Day Nursery, Powlett Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QH
Received 8 Jul 20256 Linden Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YB
Received 8 Jul 2025Site Of Former Ministry Of Defence Offices, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Jul 2025The Wharf , Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PG
Received 8 Jul 2025Cloisters , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AY
Received 8 Jul 2025Horseshoe House , Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 8 Jul 2025Cottles Farm House , Blackrock Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JA
Received 9 Jul 2025Cottles Farm House , Blackrock Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JA
Received 9 Jul 2025York House , Hanover Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PP
Received 9 Jul 202514 Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BE
Received 9 Jul 202535 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SL
Received 9 Jul 202595 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 9 Jul 202595 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 9 Jul 2025Lower Maisonette, 8 Lansdown Place West, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EZ
Received 9 Jul 2025Lower Maisonette, 8 Lansdown Place West, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EZ
Received 9 Jul 202521 Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NH
Received 9 Jul 202526 St Mary's Rise, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PD
Received 9 Jul 2025First Floor Flat, 248 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 9 Jul 20259 The Firs, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ED
Received 9 Jul 2025Thermae Bath Spa , Hot Bath Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SJ
Received 9 Jul 202551 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 8 Jul 2025Parade Park Hotel, 8 - 10 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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