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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71,501 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
39 Highland Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DY
Received 23 Feb 202619 Gladstone Street, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BR
Received 23 Feb 2026Barclays, 5 Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AQ
Received 23 Feb 2026Middle Road Farm , Middle Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AP
Received 23 Feb 2026Norland College, 39 - 41 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LB
Received 23 Feb 2026143 Ringswell Gardens, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BP
Received 23 Feb 20261 Sion Hill Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Hollis Wharf, Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Feb 2026Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy, Mulberry Way, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5BU
Received 23 Feb 2026Land South Of Little Orchard, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Feb 2026Plymouth House, Monmouth Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 202630 The Paragon, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LY
Received 24 Feb 2026Parcel 6600, Fairy Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Feb 202645A Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 24 Feb 2026Maidan House , Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SW
Received 24 Feb 2026Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 2026470 Bath Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DJ
Received 24 Feb 202657 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PY
Received 24 Feb 2026Apartment 2, The Empire, Grand Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DF
Received 24 Feb 2026Street Record, Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 2026Land And Buildings West Of St Julians Farm, St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 2026Parcels 4424 4617 5315 & 5925, North Wick, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Feb 2026Radstock Hotel , Market Place, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AD
Received 24 Feb 2026Europcar Group Limited, 1 Brassmill Lane, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JE
Received 25 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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