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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
102 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QB
Received 17 Oct 2025Hicks Field Rugby Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA
Received 17 Oct 2025Parcel 6100, Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Oct 2025Bay House , Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AA
Received 17 Oct 2025Parcel 3511, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Oct 2025Prior Park College , Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Received 17 Oct 2025Prior Park College , Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Received 17 Oct 2025Thurston House , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 17 Oct 202525 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EG
Received 17 Oct 202523 St Thomas Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2UT
Received 20 Oct 2025Flat 7, 10 Johnstone Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DH
Received 20 Oct 20251 College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RS
Received 20 Oct 2025290 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 20 Oct 2025Flat 1, 14 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ES
Received 20 Oct 2025Grey Courtledge , Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PU
Received 20 Oct 202511 George Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BP
Received 20 Oct 2025Elmlea , Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QG
Received 20 Oct 2025Redwood House , 65 Bristol Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2WB
Received 20 Oct 202538 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 20 Oct 2025Chichester Place, Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3ES
Received 20 Oct 202522 Pine Court, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HL
Received 20 Oct 2025The Lake House, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ST
Received 16 Oct 2025Park House , Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UH
Received 20 Oct 20254 Cambridge Place , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AB
Received 20 Oct 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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