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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
71,469 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maplefield, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, BA2 5BA
Received 27 Oct 2026Highfield House, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6HW
Received 27 Oct 20262A Waterloo Road, Radstock, BA3 3EP
Received 27 Oct 2026Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AZ
Received 27 Oct 20269 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4NG
Received 27 Oct 202620 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2QA
Received 27 Oct 2026Redwoods, 6A Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QN
Received 27 Oct 2026Spring House, Paulto' Hill, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7PJ
Received 27 Oct 2026The Old Washouse, 1 Old Pit Terrace, Clandown, Radstock, BA3 3BE
Received 27 Oct 2026Weston Spring Farm, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 4LJ
Received 27 Oct 2026Lynleaze, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, BS39 5AF
Received 27 Oct 2026Parcel 5159, Minsmere Road, Keynsham,
Received 27 Oct 2026Agricultural Buildings Rear Of 142B, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 202619 Kensington Gardens, Walcot, Bath, BA1 6LH
Received 28 Oct 202613 Havory, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6RR
Received 28 Oct 202656 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PU
Received 28 Oct 2026Flat 5 Ground Floor, 14 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2LR
Received 28 Oct 2026Martins Local Store, 26 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5HR
Received 28 Oct 2026Avonwood House, 37 Bristol Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AA
Received 28 Oct 2026Flat 3, 25 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LP
Received 28 Oct 202630-31 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QG
Received 28 Oct 202632 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, BA2 2AB
Received 28 Oct 2026Widcombe Ce Junior School, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4JG
Received 28 Oct 2026Fields End, Freshford Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7TY
Received 28 Oct 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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