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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wyndles , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 11 Aug 2025Herne House , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 11 Aug 20256 Dover Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DX
Received 11 Aug 20251 Paulton Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EG
Received 11 Aug 2025Parcel 6117, Meadow Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Aug 202538 Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EY
Received 8 Aug 2025Monarchs Way House , Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SS
Received 11 Aug 20253 Stanley Villas , Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JE
Received 11 Aug 2025Flat 1, 2 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RU
Received 6 Aug 2025Wetherspoons, The Palladium Electric, 110 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DA
Received 11 Aug 2025Bath Spa Railway Station , Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SU
Received 11 Aug 202532 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 11 Aug 2025Jubilee Centre , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 11 Aug 202518 Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RJ
Received 11 Aug 202518 Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RJ
Received 11 Aug 2025Mallen House , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 12 Aug 2025Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 2025The Coach House, Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 2025Bathwick Hill Bridge, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 2025Bath Conservation Area Ash Die Back, Holburne Park, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 202513 Hungerford Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BU
Received 12 Aug 2025Revolution Bar, 2 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EB
Received 12 Aug 202519 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF
Received 12 Aug 202528 Witney Close, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DX
Received 13 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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