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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Argyle House, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Oct 2025Cam View, 3 Meadgate West, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NL
Received 7 Oct 2025Blacknest Farm, Cameley Lane, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AL
Received 6 Oct 202512 Berkeley Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JH
Received 7 Oct 2025Eastbrook Barn, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QR
Received 7 Oct 2025The Annexe Cortina , Duchy Road, Clandown, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3DQ
Received 7 Oct 2025The Magpies , Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PX
Received 8 Oct 2025The Magpies , Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PX
Received 8 Oct 202514 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 8 Oct 2025Land Opposite The Stables, Shockerwick Farm Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Oct 2025The Teasel Barn , Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JJ
Received 8 Oct 2025103 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AL
Received 8 Oct 2025Former Scrap Yard, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Oct 202512 Hinton Villas, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SS
Received 8 Oct 202512 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HN
Received 8 Oct 2025Tresowes , Blind Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UA
Received 8 Oct 202512 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HN
Received 8 Oct 2025Street Record, Access Road To Rookery Farm, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Oct 2025Electricity Sub Station, Connection Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2DD
Received 8 Oct 2025Heritage The Bath Spa Hotel, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JF
Received 8 Oct 2025Land Between Somer Ridge And Monger Cottages, Monger Lane, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Oct 20257 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RW
Received 8 Oct 2025Primrose Hill Farm , Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 8 Oct 2025Church Farm Barn, Washing Pound Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Oct 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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