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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
71,474 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Freeview Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1DS
Received 28 Aug 2026Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 28 Aug 20261 Belmore Gardens, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HU
Received 31 Aug 2026Freshford Mill , Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PL
Received 1 Sept 20264 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 31 Aug 2026The Cottage , Townsend, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BH
Received 31 Aug 2026Elmsleigh , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 1 Sept 2026Hazelwood, 36 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 1 Sept 2026Ravensworth , Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AS
Received 31 Aug 2026National Trust Compound Buildings, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Sept 2026Church Gate House , Church Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TU
Received 1 Sept 202628 Arlington Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PG
Received 1 Sept 2026Waterfront House, 211 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Sept 2026Waterfront House, 211 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Sept 202638 Hampton View, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JL
Received 1 Sept 20265 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HE
Received 1 Sept 2026Knight Frank, 4 Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 1 Sept 2026Bath Fire Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU
Received 1 Sept 2026Parcel 2882, Water Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Sept 202612 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 26 Aug 202620 Winchester Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LF
Received 1 Sept 2026The Power House , Access Road To Brockham End, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BY
Received 1 Sept 202625 Ashgrove, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8ED
Received 2 Sept 202619 Fairfield Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JG
Received 2 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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