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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
71,501 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Brookside, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7YT
Received 11 Feb 202639 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 11 Feb 2026Lone Pine, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 11 Feb 202634 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7ES
Received 11 Feb 202626 Cameley Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SA
Received 11 Feb 202620 Brookleaze Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RA
Received 11 Feb 2026Chew Bridge Cottage , Gooseberry Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1EY
Received 11 Feb 2026Arlington House, Bath Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 Feb 2026Charlton House Care Home , Hawthorns Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BF
Received 11 Feb 2026King Edwards Pre-prep School, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AQ
Received 11 Feb 2026King Edwards Pre-prep School, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AQ
Received 11 Feb 2026Homebase , Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ET
Received 11 Feb 2026Elmsleigh , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 11 Feb 2026Flat 3, 22 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 11 Feb 202612 Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 11 Feb 2026Willow Farm , Flatts Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HJ
Received 12 Feb 202697 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AL
Received 12 Feb 20265 Beaufort West, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QB
Received 12 Feb 2026St Mark's Closed Burial Ground, St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Feb 2026Southstoke Hall , Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DL
Received 12 Feb 2026Crossway House , Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XE
Received 12 Feb 20261 Chedworth Close, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AF
Received 12 Feb 2026Unregistered Farm Buildings Adjacent To Sandhills, Birchwood Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Feb 2026B C Joinery Workshop , Florida Terrace, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2AE
Received 12 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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