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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
71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Kings Head Public House, 40 High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4BX
Received 24 Sept 199710 Norfolk Crescent, Bath, BA1 2BE
Received 24 Sept 199745-47 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DR
Received 22 Sept 199747 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DW
Received 22 Sept 19975 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QE
Received 17 Sept 19973-5 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6AX
Received 19 Sept 19973-5 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6AX
Received 17 Sept 199712 - 13 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2HJ
Received 19 Sept 199712 - 13 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2HJ
Received 19 Sept 199718 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EQ
Received 1 Oct 1997Bath Spa University College 5 - 20 Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5HA
Received 23 Sept 1997Bath Spa University College 5 - 20 Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5HA
Received 23 Sept 19975 Lansdown Park, Bath, BA1 5TG
Received 30 Sept 1997Street Record, Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 30 Sept 199711 Prior Park Cottages, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4NR
Received 26 Sept 199711 Prior Park Cottages, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4NR
Received 26 Sept 199724 Gladstone Road, Bath, BA2 5HL
Received 29 Sept 199757 Fairfield Park Road, Bath, BA1 6JP
Received 30 Sept 19974 Queen Street, Bath, BA1 1HE
Received 26 Sept 199720 Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1LX
Received 26 Sept 1997Kingsmead House, James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BT
Received 26 Sept 1997E P Mallory & Son Ltd, 1-4 Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4AS
Received 29 Sept 19974 North Parade Passage, Bath, BA1 1NX
Received 29 Sept 19974 North Parade Passage, Bath, BA1 1NX
Received 29 Sept 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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