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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71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rising Sun, 3 - 4 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PJ
Received 10 Sept 2026Woodborough Farm, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Sept 2026Westend House , The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JF
Received 10 Sept 2026Maisonette, 12 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NY
Received 10 Sept 202611 Millward Terrace , High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NP
Received 10 Sept 2026Volkswagen Motor Services (bath) Ltd, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EU
Received 10 Sept 2026Devonport House, Durley Park, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AT
Received 10 Sept 2026Pinesgate West Ground Floor Offices, Pinesgate, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DP
Received 10 Sept 2026Mole End , 10 Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NX
Received 10 Sept 2026Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 10 Sept 202628 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Dawnside, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UW
Received 4 Sept 20267 Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AB
Received 10 Sept 20264 The Cedars, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TR
Received 10 Sept 2026Flat 1, Old Orchard Cottages, 4 Old Orchard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BE
Received 10 Sept 202639 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 10 Sept 202639 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 10 Sept 2026Parcel 874, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Sept 2026Cramer House , The Square, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BH
Received 10 Sept 202689 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LJ
Received 11 Sept 2026Avondale Coach House, London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RB
Received 11 Sept 20267 Laggan Gardens, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RX
Received 11 Sept 2026Greystones, Homefield Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EG
Received 11 Sept 202628 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 11 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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