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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Daphne House, Lucklands Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AY
Received 17 Nov 2025The Old Telephone Exchange, Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 202561 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 17 Nov 2025Newbridge Court Communal Areas, Newbridge Court, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 2025103 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HR
Received 14 Nov 2025Poultry Houses, Langfords Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 2025Parking Area And Garages At Hanna Close, Dominion Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 202520 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 17 Nov 2025Poultry Houses, Langfords Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 20254 Edgar Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EE
Received 17 Nov 202532 Cedar Drive, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2TX
Received 17 Nov 20252 Beech Terrace, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3TH
Received 17 Nov 202524 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 17 Nov 2025Westfield House, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 17 Nov 2025Barn North Of Village Hall, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Nov 2025Weston Lawn , Lucklands Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AY
Received 17 Nov 20259 Westfield Close, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EA
Received 17 Nov 2025Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Nov 202514 Claremont Walk, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HB
Received 18 Nov 2025Trevone , Sham Castle Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JL
Received 18 Nov 2025Francis Hotel, 6 - 11 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HH
Received 17 Nov 2025Sleight Farm , Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HN
Received 18 Nov 202543 Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UD
Received 18 Nov 2025Dumpton Cottage, Bellhorse Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ER
Received 18 Nov 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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