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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71,502 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wick Farm , Rankers Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NU
Received 3 Feb 202649 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RR
Received 3 Feb 202613 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 3 Feb 20266 Bellifants, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DB
Received 4 Feb 202641 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 4 Feb 2026Sharpstone Cottage, Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 2 Feb 2026Basement Offices, 21 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Feb 2026Flat 4, 8 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LX
Received 4 Feb 2026Parcel 0015, Red Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Feb 202633 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 4 Feb 20269 Manor Drive, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TY
Received 4 Feb 2026157 High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BY
Received 4 Feb 20261 Livingstone Terrace , Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LE
Received 4 Feb 20266 Uplands Farm Barns, Wellsway, Keynsham, BS31 2SZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Saffron Court, Snow Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Feb 2026Church House , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 4 Feb 20263 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 5 Feb 2026Bath Spa University, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF
Received 5 Feb 202697 Hillcrest Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HE
Received 5 Feb 202625 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SW
Received 5 Feb 202612 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 5 Feb 202697 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AL
Received 5 Feb 2026Wellow Lane Roundabout, Peasedown St John By-pass, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 Feb 2026The Vicarage , Church Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LG
Received 5 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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