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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
71,465 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15-16 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TE
Received 27 Nov 1996Street Record, Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 3 Dec 1996Stirtingale Farm, Corston View, Bath, BA2 2PJ
Received 6 Dec 199618 Vellore Lane, Bath, BA2 6JQ
Received 6 Dec 199621 Bloomfield Park, Bath, BA2 2BY
Received 29 Nov 199621 Bloomfield Park, Bath, BA2 2BY
Received 29 Dec 199618 Vellore Lane, Bath, BA2 6JQ
Received 6 Dec 199628 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6BZ
Received 5 Dec 199614 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL
Received 29 Nov 199614 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL
Received 29 Nov 1996Natwest Bank, 15-17 High Street, Bath, BA1 5AH
Received 6 Dec 1996Gerrard Buildings, Pulteney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DQ
Received 6 Dec 19962 Oakley , Bath, BA2 6DS
Received 19 Dec 1996University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 16 Dec 1996Cavendish Lodge, Cavendish Road, Bath, BA1 2UD
Received 11 Dec 1996Unit 2 Aaron Roofing Supplies, Locksbrook Court, 88 - 89 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EN
Received 10 Dec 199616 Portland Place, Bath, BA1 2RY
Received 16 Dec 1996White Hart, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AA
Received 9 Dec 199665 Cedric Road, Bath, BA1 3PE
Received 11 Dec 199667 Walwyn Close, Bath, BA2 1SZ
Received 11 Dec 199615 Caroline Buildings, Bath, BA2 4JH
Received 12 Dec 19962 Oakley , Bath, BA2 6DS
Received 11 Dec 1996Superdrug, 42 Southgate , Bath, BA1 1TG
Received 24 May 1996Isabella House, The Avenue , Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5EH
Received 11 Dec 1996Records 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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