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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71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walnut House , Lynbrook Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NB
Received 17 Aug 202640 Brooklyn Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6TE
Received 17 Aug 2026Mayflower , 2 Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JY
Received 17 Aug 20266 Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QF
Received 17 Aug 2026One Stop Community Stores Ltd, 130 - 133 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DA
Received 17 Aug 2026Rosemount Cottage , Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LP
Received 17 Aug 202669 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RJ
Received 17 Aug 202629 Arlington Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PG
Received 17 Aug 2026Street Record, Nelson Ward Drive, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Aug 202621 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 17 Aug 2026First Floor, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BU
Received 17 Aug 2026Little Cottage , Sham Castle Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JL
Received 17 Aug 202634 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Aug 2026Atm, Bath Spa Railway Station, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Aug 2026Forum Buildings, St James's Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1UG
Received 17 Aug 2026The Pelican Inn , 10 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SL
Received 17 Aug 2026The Pelican Inn , 10 South Parade, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SL
Received 17 Aug 2026Land To North Of 14, Church Road, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Aug 2026Wellow Trekking Centre, Little Horse Croft Farm, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QF
Received 17 Aug 20261 Margaret's Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DP
Received 17 Aug 202685 Redland Park, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SJ
Received 13 Aug 20264 Osborne Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JR
Received 17 Aug 2026Church Of The Ascension , Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AG
Received 17 Aug 2026Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 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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