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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
71,479 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Clutton Hill Farm , Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PH
Received 30 Jun 2026Brompton House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PT
Received 30 Jun 2026Verge Between Priory Close And Church Lane, Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Jun 202641 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 30 Jun 2026106 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QB
Received 29 Jun 202626 Calton Gardens, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QG
Received 30 Jun 202612 Audley Grove, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BS
Received 30 Jun 202669 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RT
Received 30 Jun 2026Upper Tunnel Farm , Browney Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RD
Received 30 Jun 20269 Holland Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QG
Received 30 Jun 202669 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RT
Received 30 Jun 20263 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QQ
Received 30 Jun 202649 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LH
Received 30 Jun 2026Beazer House, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 30 Jun 2026Wildwood , 7 Copseland, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EA
Received 30 Jun 2026University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AY
Received 30 Jun 2026The Willows , 13 Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 1 Jul 2026185 Wellsway, Keynsham, BS31 1JJ
Received 1 Jul 202611 Stennard Green, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5FS
Received 1 Jul 2026The House, Tunley Equestrian Centre, Withyditch Lane, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8AZ
Received 1 Jul 2026Seafoods Fish Bar, 38 Kingsmead Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AA
Received 1 Jul 2026Seafoods Fish Bar, 38 Kingsmead Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AA
Received 1 Jul 2026Camerton Farm Cottage, Skinners Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0WA
Received 1 Jul 2026The Globe Inn, Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9BB
Received 1 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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