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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
71,478 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Refillable, 3 Cleveland Place East, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DJ
Received 1 Jul 2026Parcel 8600, Bath Road, Brislington, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Jul 202623 Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QE
Received 2 Jul 2026Flat, 11 High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DP
Received 2 Jul 2026Glengarif, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AA
Received 2 Jul 202665 Rag Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LS
Received 2 Jul 2026Carrswood Adult Day Centre , Cleeve Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1RS
Received 2 Jul 20265 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AW
Received 2 Jul 202626 Lulworth Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2PX
Received 2 Jul 20261 Broadlands Avenue, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DU
Received 2 Jul 2026St Marks Community Centre , St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 3 Jul 202631 Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 3 Jul 202618 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 3 Jul 20263 St Mary's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BR
Received 3 Jul 20261 Court Gardens, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PH
Received 3 Jul 2026Walcot Playing Field, Walcot Gate, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Jul 2026Wick Farm , Rankers Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NU
Received 3 Jul 20269 Bladud Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LS
Received 3 Jul 2026Chapel Farm, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BS
Received 3 Jul 202650 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QA
Received 3 Jul 2026106 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QB
Received 3 Jul 20263 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BA
Received 3 Jul 2026Parcel 7578, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Jul 2026Parcel 8989, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Jul 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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