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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Meadow View , 8 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QN
Received 15 Dec 202559 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 15 Dec 2025Stegar , Welton Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3UD
Received 15 Dec 2025Folly Orchard , The Folly, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JW
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Atm Kiosk Outside Number 6, New Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Atm Kiosk Outside Number 6, New Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Beechlands , Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 15 Dec 2025Park Farm House , Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NT
Received 15 Dec 202510 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF
Received 15 Dec 20251 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 15 Dec 2025Snapdragons Nursery, Ellsbridge House, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Snapdragons Nursery, Ellsbridge House, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2025Burial Ground, Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 20252 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 15 Dec 202515 Walcot Buildings, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AD
Received 11 Dec 2025Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1 - 4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 20254 - 5 Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SQ
Received 15 Dec 20254 - 5 Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SQ
Received 15 Dec 20252 Oakfield Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XR
Received 15 Dec 202587 Hawthorn Grove, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QG
Received 15 Dec 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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