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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 3 Nov 202556 Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DH
Received 3 Nov 2025115 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EN
Received 3 Nov 20254 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 3 Nov 2025Selwood Place, Weston Park West, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AR
Received 3 Nov 20258 Green Cottages, Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HG
Received 3 Nov 2025Flat 5, 12 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 3 Nov 2025Phase Eight, 11 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BQ
Received 3 Nov 20251 The Orchard, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WX
Received 4 Nov 2025Bath Spa Railway Station , Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SU
Received 4 Nov 2025Welbeck , Ham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PL
Received 4 Nov 202510 Falconer Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NH
Received 4 Nov 2025Batheaston Gardens, London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Nov 202516 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 4 Nov 2025Briar House , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XT
Received 4 Nov 2025Audley Lodge, 19 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Nov 20258 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ED
Received 5 Nov 202556 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 5 Nov 2025Greystones , Hayesfield Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QE
Received 5 Nov 2025Old Apple , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LA
Received 5 Nov 2025Riverbank , 1 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AB
Received 5 Nov 2025Parcel 0454, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Nov 2025122 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AS
Received 5 Nov 2025Garages To South Of 4, Stratton Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Nov 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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