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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Oct 2025Blossom Manor, Tunley Road, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DZ
Received 28 Oct 20251 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EW
Received 28 Oct 202523 Seymour Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DY
Received 28 Oct 2025Flat 2, 49 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DP
Received 29 Oct 2025143 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BH
Received 29 Oct 2025Western Riverside Development Area, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 2025Old Coal Yard, Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 2025The Old Vicarage , Watery Lane, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1RL
Received 29 Oct 2025Public Open Space, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 2025Flat 2, 19 The Paragon, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LX
Received 29 Oct 2025Land At Rear Of Thornbank Place, Thornbank Gardens, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 2025Middle House , Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 29 Oct 20253 Windsor Villas, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DJ
Received 29 Oct 202523 Lorne Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BY
Received 29 Oct 202517 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NY
Received 29 Oct 20258 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 29 Oct 20255 Frankley Buildings, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EG
Received 29 Oct 20255 Frankley Buildings, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EG
Received 29 Oct 2025506 Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JF
Received 29 Oct 202521A Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UL
Received 30 Oct 2025Byfields , Wells Road, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3US
Received 30 Oct 2025Rosebank , Common Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JU
Received 30 Oct 202555 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LJ
Received 30 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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