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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
71,458 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3-4 Bath Street, Bath, BA1 1SA
Received 1 Jul 1997105 Hansford Square, Bath, BA2 5LL
Received 2 Jul 19973-4 Bath Street, Bath, BA1 1SA
Received 30 Jun 19979 Beaufort East , Bath, BA1 6QD
Received 2 Jul 1997Carfax Hotel, 13-15 Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4BS
Received 2 Jul 1997The Kings Head Public House, 40 High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4BX
Received 3 Jul 199712 Seven Dials, Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1EN
Received 2 Jul 1997Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 1 Jul 1997Charlton Court, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ES
Received 3 Jul 1997Bartlett And Son Butchers, 4 Moorland Road, Bath, BA2 3PJ
Received 4 Jul 1997Unit 1, Ashmans Court, Locksbrook Road, Bath, BA1 3EH
Received 3 Jul 19979 Cavendish Crescent, Bath, BA1 2UG
Received 4 Jul 199742 Oldfield Road, Bath, BA2 3NA
Received 7 Jul 1997Pepperbox, Lynbrook Lane, Bath, BA2 5NB
Received 7 Jul 199731 Castle Gardens, Bath, BA2 2AN
Received 9 Jul 19971 George Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6BW
Received 9 Jul 199719 Woodland Grove, Bath, BA2 7AT
Received 8 Jul 19977 - 8 Abbeygate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NP
Received 8 Jul 1997Chelsea Bed And Breakfast, 16 Newbridge Road, Bath, BA1 3JX
Received 7 Jul 199710 Springfield Place, Bath, BA1 5RA
Received 28 Jul 199710 Springfield Place, Bath, BA1 5RA
Received 2 Jul 19979 Kingsmead Square, Bath, BA1 2AB
Received 9 Jul 1997RSVP, 5-6 Edgar Buildings, Bath, BA1 2EE
Received 4 Jul 1997RSVP, 5-6 Edgar Buildings, Bath, BA1 2EE
Received 4 Jul 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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