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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
71,459 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bath Tub, 19 St James's Parade, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1UL
Received 3 Jun 1997Staddle Stones, Chaucer Road, Bath, BA2 4QY
Received 3 Jun 1997Haycombe Cemetery And Crematorium, Whiteway Road, Bath
Received 5 Jun 1997Alderley Stoneleigh Park, Lansdown Road, Bath, BA1 5TL
Received 6 Jun 199717 Bennetts Road, Bath, BA1 7AW
Received 9 Jun 1997St Andrew's C Of E Va Primary School, Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2SN
Received 10 Jun 1997Holmpatrick, Weston Road, Bath, BA1 2XU
Received 6 Jun 1997Holmpatrick, Weston Road, Bath, BA1 2XU
Received 12 Jun 1997Assembly Antique Centre, 5-8 Saville Row, Bath, BA1 2QP
Received 6 Jun 1997Assembly Antique Centre, 5-8 Saville Row, Bath, BA1 2QP
Received 12 Jun 199710 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL
Received 6 Jun 1997The Old Vicarage Coach House(now Known As The Coach House), Watery Lane, Bath, BA2 1RL
Received 9 Jun 199790 Holloway , Bath, BA2 4PX
Received 6 Jun 1997Bath Spa Railway Station, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1SU
Received 10 Mar 1997Hubert's Cottage, 273 Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2NT
Received 11 Jul 1997Widcombe Studio, Alton Place, Bath, BA2 4PR
Received 12 Jun 1997117 High Street, Twerton On Avon, Bath, BA2 1DA
Received 11 Jun 1997Horsecombe Grange, Horsecombe Vale, Bath, BA2 5QR
Received 13 Jun 1997Widcombe Studio, Alton Place, Bath, BA2 4PR
Received 12 Jun 199714 Kensington Place, Bath, BA1 6AP
Received 4 Jul 199714 Kensington Place, Bath, BA1 6AP
Received 4 Jul 19971 Margarets Buildings, Bath, BA1 2LP
Received 16 Jun 1997Piccadilly Ale House, Piccadilly Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PL
Received 13 Jun 19972 Eleanor Close, Bath, BA2 1QL
Received 13 Jun 1997Records 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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