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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 11 Nov 2025The Cow Shed, Thrubwell Farm, Thrubwell Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 5AW
Received 11 Nov 202514 Cedar Terrace, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3TN
Received 11 Nov 2025Woodland Above Cycle Path, Egerton Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Nov 20255 Oriel Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AS
Received 11 Nov 20253 Bathwick Rise, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RE
Received 11 Nov 20257 Queens Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2NE
Received 11 Nov 202522 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DE
Received 11 Nov 20251 Downfield, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HD
Received 11 Nov 202512 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AP
Received 12 Nov 2025Youth Hostels Association, Fiesole, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LA
Received 11 Nov 2025Oakfield House, Courtenay Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JT
Received 12 Nov 202569 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 12 Nov 202518 Paulmont Rise, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DT
Received 12 Nov 2025Crowe Hall, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AR
Received 12 Nov 2025Land Between 16 And Bypass, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Nov 2025Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Received 12 Nov 202576 Vernham Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TB
Received 12 Nov 2025Former Garden Centre, Whitegate Nurseries, Stockwood Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Nov 20253 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QQ
Received 12 Nov 2025Silver Street Nature Reserve, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Nov 2025Willow Cottage , Clarendon Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NJ
Received 12 Nov 2025Street Record, Lane The Island To St Chad's Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Nov 2025Skew Bridge, Rossiter Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 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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