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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
71,464 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
British Telecom, Kingsmead Telephone Exchange, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 4ND
Received 11 Jul 19965-6 St James's Street, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TW
Received 22 Jul 19963-4 Bath Street, Bath, BA1 1SA
Received 16 Jul 1996Prior Park Garden Centre, Prior Park Road, Bath, BA2 4NF
Received 19 Jul 199644 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NS
Received 19 Jul 199644 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NS
Received 19 Jul 1996Symes Cottage, Dean Hill Lane, Weston, Bath, BA1 4DU
Received 25 Jul 1996Oriel House, Oriel Gardens, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7AS
Received 19 Jul 1996Flats 1-16 The Moorlands, Englishcombe Lane, Bath, BA2 2EF
Received 30 Jul 199623 - 24 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AJ
Received 19 Jul 199616 Powlett Road, Bath, BA2 6QH
Received 24 Jul 1996Ministry Of Defence, Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA1 5AA
Received 25 Jul 19962 Oakley , Bath, BA2 6DS
Received 29 Jul 1996Nicklebys, 11 New Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BE
Received 25 Jul 1996Nicklebys, 11 New Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BE
Received 25 Jul 19966 Sion Hill Place, Bath, BA1 5SJ
Received 4 Jul 1996Hare And Hounds Public House, Lansdown Road, Bath
Received 22 Jul 19965 St Saviour's Road, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6SA
Received 31 Jul 1996Russell & Bromley Ltd, 16-17 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP
Received 15 Jul 1996Lawrence House, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 9ES
Received 18 Jun 1996Russell & Bromley Ltd, 16-17 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP
Received 15 Jul 1996Bath Rugby Plc, Recreation Ground, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 6PW
Received 18 Jul 1996St Bartholomews Church And Hall, King Edward Road, Bath, BA2 3PB
Received 29 Jul 1996St Bartholomews Church And Hall, King Edward Road, Bath, BA2 3PB
Received 29 Jul 1996Records 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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