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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moret , Hursley Hill, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QZ
Received 17 Sept 2025First Floor Flat, 24 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 17 Sept 202521 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 18 Sept 2025Former Gulf Riverside Service Station, Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Sept 20253 The Weal, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4HE
Received 18 Sept 2025Twynings , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PX
Received 18 Sept 2025Twynings , Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PX
Received 18 Sept 2025Besley Hill Estate Agents, 91 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0PS
Received 18 Sept 20256 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 19 Sept 20256 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 19 Sept 2025Mirabelle , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 19 Sept 2025Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Sept 202529 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NG
Received 19 Sept 2025Health Centre, 45 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Sept 2025Charlcombe House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 19 Sept 2025Parcel 2300, Brinscombe Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Sept 20251 Barton Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JR
Received 19 Sept 202531 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TT
Received 19 Sept 202531 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TT
Received 19 Sept 202537 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LD
Received 22 Sept 2025Odd Down Sports Pavilion , Chelwood Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PR
Received 22 Sept 2025Flat 5 Third Floor, 1 Brunswick Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RQ
Received 22 Sept 2025St John's Church, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3DD
Received 22 Sept 202533 Dairy Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UP
Received 22 Sept 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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