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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG
Received 2 Oct 2025Natwest, 24 - 25 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QF
Received 2 Oct 202538 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 2 Oct 202520 Woodborough Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JE
Received 2 Oct 2025Lych Gate, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 2 Oct 2025Parcel 656, Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Oct 2025Street Record, Nutgrove Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Oct 2025Braysdown Manor , Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LN
Received 3 Oct 2025Cecil House , 26 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EX
Received 3 Oct 202592 Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NR
Received 3 Oct 2025Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Oct 202584 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AD
Received 3 Oct 20256 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Oct 2025Horsecombe Vale Farm , Beechwood Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JT
Received 3 Oct 2025Chivers House, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DT
Received 3 Oct 2025Flat 12, 12 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NF
Received 3 Oct 2025Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 3 Oct 2025Ensleigh House , Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 3 Oct 2025Ashley Lodge , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NW
Received 3 Oct 2025Weston Lea, Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AL
Received 1 Oct 202569 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 3 Oct 202541 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 3 Oct 202560 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NA
Received 6 Oct 202522 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 6 Oct 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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