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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71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bath N H S House, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QE
Received 29 Jul 2026Meadow View , Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BB
Received 30 Jul 2026Hillview Lodge, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 29 Jul 2026White Ox Mead Farm , White Ox Mead, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PN
Received 30 Jul 2026Combe Royal , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 30 Jul 2026Combe Royal , Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 30 Jul 2026Cleve Cottage , 5 High Street, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ED
Received 30 Jul 202630 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PA
Received 30 Jul 20269 Chatham Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BS
Received 30 Jul 2026Buddleia House , 76B Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HH
Received 30 Jul 202612 Vineyards, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NA
Received 31 Jul 2026Belmont House , 10 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EW
Received 31 Jul 2026The Old Cider Barn , Dumpers Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SS
Received 31 Jul 2026Whitecross House , Whitecross Road, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AA
Received 31 Jul 2026Millstream, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 31 Jul 2026Prior Park View, 156 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 31 Jul 2026Prior Park View, 156 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DL
Received 31 Jul 2026Sainsbury's, Green Park Station, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2DR
Received 31 Jul 2026The Academy, 50 - 52 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BB
Received 31 Jul 2026Stoneleigh Cottage , Church Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TX
Received 31 Jul 202626 Bloomfield Grove, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BZ
Received 31 Jul 20263 Brunel Square, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SX
Received 31 Jul 20261 Entry Rise, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LR
Received 31 Jul 2026Victoria House, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Aug 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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