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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forum Buildings , St James's Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1UG
Received 19 Dec 2025Old Byre , Priston Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ED
Received 19 Dec 202585 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PT
Received 19 Dec 2025Oldfield School , Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 19 Dec 2025Panahar Takeaway And Restaurant , 8 Moorland Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PL
Received 19 Dec 2025Cramer House , The Square, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BH
Received 19 Dec 2025Bathwick House, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NX
Received 22 Dec 2025Bathwick House, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NX
Received 22 Dec 2025Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Received 22 Dec 2025Lower Twinhoe Farm , Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QY
Received 22 Dec 2025Lower Twinhoe Farm , Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QY
Received 22 Dec 2025Vine House , Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 22 Dec 2025210 Old Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RH
Received 22 Dec 202555 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SL
Received 22 Dec 2025Lynwood , Grove Wood Road, Haydon, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QY
Received 22 Dec 20255 Cranhill Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YF
Received 22 Dec 202523 Prospect Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JD
Received 22 Dec 2025The Coach House, Lambridge House, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HY
Received 22 Dec 202553 Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RD
Received 22 Dec 202523 Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RP
Received 22 Dec 202527 Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RP
Received 22 Dec 2025Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 2025Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 202537 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LD
Received 22 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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