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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Grove , Darlington Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NL
Received 20 Oct 2025Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1 - 4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Oct 20254 Naishes Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TW
Received 20 Oct 202514 Manor Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DL
Received 20 Oct 20255 Spencer Drive, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DN
Received 20 Oct 20259 Westhall Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BQ
Received 20 Oct 2025Garden Apartment, 1 Laura Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BH
Received 20 Oct 2025Maidan House, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SW
Received 20 Oct 2025Clairefontaine , 3 Hamilton Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SB
Received 20 Oct 2025Parsonage Farm , Parsonage Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JD
Received 20 Oct 2025639 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TY
Received 20 Oct 2025Church Farm , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 20 Oct 2025Log Cabin, Shepherds Cottage, Greendown Lane, Litton, Wells, Somerset,
Received 21 Oct 20252 Somerdale Avenue, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PG
Received 21 Oct 2025Ravenswell Lodge , Access Road To Ravenswell House, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BQ
Received 21 Oct 20256 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DA
Received 21 Oct 2025Plymouth House, Monmouth Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Oct 202520 Pera Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NX
Received 21 Oct 20254 Cambridge Place, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AB
Received 20 Oct 2025The Beeches , 9 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 21 Oct 202516 Victoria Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QY
Received 21 Oct 202524 Victoria Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QY
Received 21 Oct 2025Dorset Villa , 14 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JX
Received 21 Oct 2025Rock House , 62 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NA
Received 21 Oct 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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