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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71,490 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cranmore Place, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UP
Received 27 Apr 2026Court Mead , Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AJ
Received 27 Apr 20261 Entry Hill Gardens, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NR
Received 27 Apr 2026Bewdley House, Bewdley Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4FF
Received 27 Apr 2026Huckleberry , Undertown Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ND
Received 27 Apr 202662 Bloomfield Rise, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BN
Received 27 Apr 202625 Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PS
Received 28 Apr 2026Buildings At Clearbrook Farm, Access Road To Clearbrook Farm, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Apr 20263 Highview , Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JT
Received 28 Apr 2026Plant Building, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 28 Apr 2026Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 28 Apr 202640 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BA
Received 28 Apr 2026Atelier Nursery , Dover Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DX
Received 28 Apr 202622 Clyde Avenue, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1PZ
Received 24 Apr 2026Parcel 2126, Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Apr 20269 North Meadows, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PS
Received 28 Apr 20262 Walcot Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AB
Received 27 Apr 20261 Water Street Close, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6DW
Received 28 Apr 2026Treetops Nursing Home, St Clement's Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AF
Received 28 Apr 2026Springfield House , The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA
Received 28 Apr 202694 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BB
Received 28 Apr 202663 High Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DD
Received 23 Apr 202624 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LE
Received 28 Apr 202622 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LE
Received 28 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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