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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Maple Grove, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AF
Received 16 Jun 202581 Brookfield Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4JJ
Received 16 Jun 2025Greenwoods , 50 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JT
Received 16 Jun 202526 Wansdyke Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TG
Received 16 Jun 20252 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JX
Received 16 Jun 20258 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 16 Jun 2025Woodland Farm, Old Bath Road, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 16 Jun 2025A B G Hall Ltd Scrap Yard, Ham Hill, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AW
Received 16 Jun 202516 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 16 Jun 2025Glenavon Farm , 331 Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3TJ
Received 16 Jun 20253 Daffords Place , Dafford's Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SQ
Received 16 Jun 2025Street Record, Tintagel Close, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jun 2025Orchard Cottage , Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AN
Received 16 Jun 202513 Mendip Close, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SY
Received 16 Jun 2025Cross Manufacturing Co Ltd , Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RR
Received 16 Jun 2025Electricity Substation, Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jun 2025Parcel 7400, Middle Piece Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jun 2025The Wharf, Greensbrook, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PG
Received 16 Jun 202546 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SN
Received 16 Jun 2025Wellington Gallery, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jun 2025Former Bath Press Premises, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jun 20252 Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TB
Received 16 Jun 202511 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 17 Jun 2025162 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QU
Received 17 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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