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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71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Monckton House , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 11 Sept 2026Belmont , Tennis Court Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LU
Received 11 Sept 2026Broadfield Farm , Bath Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SD
Received 11 Sept 2026Charlton House Care Home , Hawthorns Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BF
Received 11 Sept 2026Rocklands , Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LP
Received 11 Sept 2026Kilkenny House , 25 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UN
Received 11 Sept 2026Hartley House , 37 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 11 Sept 202629 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JD
Received 11 Sept 2026Meadowbank , Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PB
Received 14 Sept 202613 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PD
Received 14 Sept 2026The Pelican Inn , 10 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SL
Received 14 Sept 202620 Old Orchard Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JU
Received 14 Sept 2026Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 14 Sept 20266 Williamstowe, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Flat 3 Basement, 14 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LR
Received 14 Sept 202654 Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Manor Cottage , Dark Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QD
Received 14 Sept 202641 Norman Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BH
Received 14 Sept 20262 Combeside, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LU
Received 14 Sept 2026Land At Rear Of Timsbury Congregational Church, Lippiatt Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Sept 2026Ernest Jones, 29 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QF
Received 14 Sept 2026Brook Lodge , Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 14 Sept 2026Rising Sun, 3 - 4 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Pilkingtons , Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PB
Received 14 Sept 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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