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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
71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Julian House, 86 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BD
Received 20 Jul 20261 Canal Bridge, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4FA
Received 20 Jul 2026East Riding, The Gardens, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TJ
Received 20 Jul 2026Camelot , Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UR
Received 20 Jul 2026The Old Dairy , 34 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SL
Received 20 Jul 2026Street Record, Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 Jul 2026Independent Vetcare, The Chocolate Factory, Via Traversus, Keynsham, BS31 2AU
Received 20 Jul 2026Former Jollys Shop, 7 - 14 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DD
Received 20 Jul 2026The Cottage , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AZ
Received 20 Jul 202615 Russell Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QF
Received 20 Jul 202616 Russell Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QF
Received 20 Jul 202666 Stonehouse Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DW
Received 20 Jul 20269 Badminton Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XS
Received 20 Jul 202654 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LL
Received 20 Jul 2026Northavon House , Pows Orchard, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HY
Received 21 Jul 202641 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PR
Received 21 Jul 2026Great Barn Court Block Two, Dane's Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Jul 202618 Tiledown, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DP
Received 21 Jul 2026Thornton House , Bristol Road, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TQ
Received 21 Jul 2026141 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JT
Received 21 Jul 2026Pumping Station, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Jul 202642 Salisbury Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QZ
Received 21 Jul 202623 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 20 Jul 202637 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AT
Received 21 Jul 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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