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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Meadow View , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BB
Received 28 May 20259 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NW
Received 28 May 2025Heritage The Bath Spa Hotel, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JF
Received 22 May 202565 Bay Tree Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NE
Received 28 May 2025Mullion Lodge, 20 St Mary's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BR
Received 28 May 2025Windward , Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HF
Received 28 May 202539 Holloway, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PT
Received 28 May 2025Upper Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 28 May 2025Upper Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 28 May 2025Francis Hotel, 6 - 11 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HH
Received 28 May 20254 Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HF
Received 28 May 202510 Broad Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LJ
Received 28 May 2025Springtime , Withies Lane, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JE
Received 28 May 2025Parcel 0038, Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 May 2025Bath Fire Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU
Received 28 May 202511 Lilac Terrace, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AP
Received 28 May 20251 Bridge Close, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0TS
Received 29 May 2025Charlcombe Inn , Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BT
Received 29 May 20258 Linen Walk, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BZ
Received 29 May 2025Under Hayes, White Ox Mead, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PN
Received 29 May 202530 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NZ
Received 29 May 202513 Ford Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8DG
Received 29 May 202553 High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DS
Received 29 May 2025Lovehoney Ltd , 100 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EN
Received 29 May 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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