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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Z Hotel, 7 Sawclose, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EY
Received 1 Aug 2025Parcel 4330, Paulton Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Aug 2025Midsomer Norton Sports Centre , Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SY
Received 1 Aug 20259 Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 1 Aug 20255 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 1 Aug 2025Brae Cottage , Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UF
Received 1 Aug 2025Land Between 16 And Bypass, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Aug 2025Church Farm House , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 1 Aug 202548 Westbury View, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TZ
Received 1 Aug 2025Old School House , The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Received 1 Aug 20252 Cumberland House, Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BG
Received 1 Aug 202514 Cumberland House, Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BG
Received 1 Aug 202520 - 21 Green Park Mews, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JD
Received 28 Jul 2025Cricket Ground, The Chalks, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SN
Received 1 Aug 2025Barton House , 6 The Brow, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JL
Received 1 Aug 2025Proud Cross Cottage , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 1 Aug 2025Green Lodge, 12 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SH
Received 1 Aug 2025Elmlea , Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QG
Received 4 Aug 2025Pitfour House , High Street, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HT
Received 4 Aug 2025Bath Road Hand Car Wash , Bath New Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AF
Received 4 Aug 202534 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UW
Received 4 Aug 202511 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 4 Aug 2025Widcombe Hill House , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 4 Aug 2025Flat 7, Kildare, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NR
Received 4 Aug 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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