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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
31 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TT
Received 22 Dec 2025Parcel 0047, Ferney Leaze Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Dec 2025Land To East Of Providence Bungalow, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Dec 2025Orchard End , Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SZ
Received 22 Dec 2025Parcel 4679, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Dec 2025Parcel 2882, Water Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Dec 202546 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 22 Dec 2025The Coach House , Upper Lansdown Mews, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HF
Received 22 Dec 2025Daisy & Bean Bakeshop, 35 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NT
Received 22 Dec 2025Daisy & Bean Bakeshop, 35 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NT
Received 22 Dec 202567 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 22 Dec 202567 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 22 Dec 2025Ananda , Sham Castle Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JN
Received 22 Dec 2025The Old Rectory , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ST
Received 23 Dec 202528 Upper East Hayes, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LP
Received 23 Dec 2025The Stable Yard, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Dec 2025Jolly's, 7 - 14 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DD
Received 23 Dec 202565 Coronation Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JU
Received 23 Dec 2025Manor Close , Charlcombe Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TT
Received 23 Dec 2025Office And Communal Room, St Johns Hospital, Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Dec 2025Office And Communal Room, St Johns Hospital, Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Dec 202543 Chantry Mead Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DF
Received 23 Dec 2025Street Record, Tintagel Close, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Dec 2025Street Record, Tintagel Close, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 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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