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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Shockerwick Farm , Shockerwick Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7LH
Received 16 Dec 2025First Floor, 3 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LR
Received 16 Dec 20253 Lockingwell Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HG
Received 17 Dec 20257 Shickle Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TP
Received 17 Dec 2025Freshford & District Tennis Club , Abbey Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TD
Received 17 Dec 2025The Quarry House , 135 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JJ
Received 17 Dec 2025Bath Fire Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU
Received 17 Dec 2025Tabouri , Southstoke Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SN
Received 17 Dec 2025The Old Manor , The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PJ
Received 17 Dec 2025180 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AA
Received 17 Dec 202511 Rotcombe Vale, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JZ
Received 17 Dec 20253 Northumberland Buildings, Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JB
Received 17 Dec 2025Beechen Cliff School, Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RE
Received 17 Dec 202515 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 17 Dec 2025Parcel 6400, Upper Baggridge, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Dec 2025Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases , Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 17 Dec 202524A Alexandra Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PW
Received 17 Dec 2025Pau-la, Welton Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3UB
Received 17 Dec 20251 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 18 Dec 20251 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 18 Dec 202517 Kings Oak Meadow, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5SU
Received 18 Dec 2025Homeville , Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DL
Received 18 Dec 2025Street Record, Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 2025Beckford Tower, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BH
Received 16 Dec 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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