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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 28 Nov 20258 Weston Mews, Manor Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AP
Received 24 Nov 202512 Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 28 Nov 2025Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Nov 2025Raby Gardens, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Dec 2025561 Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Dec 20253 The Batch, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DR
Received 1 Dec 2025Hunters Lodge , North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HP
Received 1 Dec 2025Flat 3, 30 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LR
Received 1 Dec 2025Kensington House , Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AA
Received 1 Dec 202530 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XN
Received 1 Dec 202515 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 1 Dec 20252 Fairfield Terrace, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8HL
Received 1 Dec 2025Bath Spa University , Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF
Received 1 Dec 20256 Walwyn Close, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SX
Received 1 Dec 20255 Bridge Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AS
Received 1 Dec 20255 Bridge Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AS
Received 1 Dec 2025The Depot , Brougham Hayes, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3GF
Received 1 Dec 20253 Kelston Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2JH
Received 1 Dec 202539 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 1 Dec 2025Storage Barn, Beech Tree Farm, Priston Lane, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Dec 202577 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JR
Received 1 Dec 202518 Cussons Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6FH
Received 1 Dec 2025Audley House , Park Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XP
Received 1 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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