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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Abbey Park, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BT
Received 27 Oct 2025Bennetts House, Belgrave Crescent, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JU
Received 27 Oct 2025Haybridge , High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 27 Oct 2025Street Record, Saffron Court, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 2025Greenacres, 4A Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NB
Received 27 Oct 202511 Marlborough Lane, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NQ
Received 27 Oct 2025Rowberry , Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TY
Received 27 Oct 2025Bath Cricket Club , North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 27 Oct 2025117 The Mead, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1FE
Received 27 Oct 2025Bath Backpackers Hotel, 13 Pierrepont Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LA
Received 27 Oct 202525 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 27 Oct 2025Hillscroft , Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 27 Oct 20257 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BR
Received 27 Oct 202515 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XH
Received 27 Oct 2025Vine Cottage , High Street, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WF
Received 27 Oct 202514 Lambourn Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1PR
Received 27 Oct 202512 Gainsborough Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AJ
Received 28 Oct 2025Rectory House , Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 28 Oct 2025Underdown Barn , Bath Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QZ
Received 28 Oct 2025Booker Business Centre , Brook Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RP
Received 28 Oct 2025Bath Spa Sports Ground, Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Oct 2025Former Radstock County Infant School, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Oct 2025Rectory Lodge , Old Bath Road, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 28 Oct 202528 Tiledown, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DP
Received 28 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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