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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Beeches , High Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AX
Received 16 Jul 2025Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jul 2025Cedar Park Care Centre, 27 - 28 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NG
Received 16 Jul 20259 Wellington Buildings, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EP
Received 16 Jul 20254 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AB
Received 16 Jul 2025Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jul 2025Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jul 2025Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jul 2025Courtyard Flat, 1 Raby Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EH
Received 16 Jul 2025Courtyard Flat, 1 Raby Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EH
Received 16 Jul 202537 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HZ
Received 16 Jul 20251 Margaret's Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jul 2025Cornwall Lodge , 5 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 16 Jul 2025Canal Bridge, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Jul 2025125 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HG
Received 17 Jul 202512 Dryleaze, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DA
Received 17 Jul 2025The Corner House, 2 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 17 Jul 20254 St Stephen's Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PJ
Received 17 Jul 2025Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Jul 2025257 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RL
Received 17 Jul 20255 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 17 Jul 20255 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 17 Jul 20251 Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QD
Received 17 Jul 2025Jubilee Centre , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 17 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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