Understanding planning · 13 min read
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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 5, 11 Springfield Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RA
Received 8 Dec 202553 Claysend Cottages , Clays End Lane, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9DE
Received 8 Dec 20253 Innicks Close, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PL
Received 8 Dec 20255 The Batch, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DR
Received 1 Dec 20252 The Batch, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DR
Received 1 Dec 20257 Cork Street, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BD
Received 8 Dec 2025Little Dale , Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HD
Received 8 Dec 2025Cake Cafe, 3 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EB
Received 8 Dec 202512 Lower Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JJ
Received 8 Dec 2025Central Gardens, Catharine Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Dec 202518 Audley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BL
Received 9 Dec 2025Rush Hill Mews , Clarks Way, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TR
Received 9 Dec 202524 Gainsborough Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AJ
Received 9 Dec 2025High Meadow , College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RR
Received 9 Dec 202529 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NY
Received 10 Dec 202514 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 10 Dec 2025Kingswood School, Westwood, Fonthill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RQ
Received 10 Dec 2025The Granary , Baggridge Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QP
Received 10 Dec 20252 Lyndhurst Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NR
Received 10 Dec 2025The Stables, Highfield Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6LA
Received 10 Dec 2025Little Bonhill , Bonhill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TS
Received 10 Dec 2025Ashton , 26 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG
Received 10 Dec 2025Street Record, Keynsham Bypass, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Dec 202521 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 10 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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