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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
71,490 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TG
Received 23 Apr 202625 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LH
Received 23 Apr 20265 Arundel Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EF
Received 24 Apr 2026Parcel 0572, Access Road To Clearbrook Farm, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Apr 2026Bath Ambulance Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU
Received 24 Apr 20269 Broadmoor Vale, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LP
Received 24 Apr 202649 Second Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NN
Received 24 Apr 202611 Waterloo Buildings, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BZ
Received 24 Apr 202626 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UH
Received 24 Apr 2026Spring House, Castle Farm, Priston Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DD
Received 24 Apr 2026Hillstead House , Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XA
Received 24 Apr 2026Former Purnell Factory North View Development Site, Oxleaze Way, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Apr 202625 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 24 Apr 202661 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 27 Apr 2026Orchard Corner , Hatfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BD
Received 27 Apr 20261 Maple Grove, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AF
Received 27 Apr 202658 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AR
Received 27 Apr 202629 Bellotts Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RT
Received 27 Apr 20266 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QE
Received 27 Apr 202610 Belgrave Place , Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JB
Received 27 Apr 2026Former Jollys Shop, 7 - 14 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DD
Received 27 Apr 2026Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Apr 2026Bird And Blend Tea Co, 5 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BN
Received 27 Apr 202642 Rosslyn Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LH
Received 27 Apr 2026Records 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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