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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71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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41 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NR
Received 14 Oct 199739 Napier Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LN
Received 17 Oct 1997Sheena Stockley, Peter's Court, 34 Upper East Hayes, Bath, BA1 6LP
Received 16 Oct 1997De Montalt Place, 1 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 20 Oct 1997Cheriton House, 9 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3JX
Received 16 Oct 1997Oldfield School, Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB
Received 14 Oct 1997Moss Of Bath, 45 St James's Parade, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1UQ
Received 17 Oct 199726 Rivers Street, Bath, BA1 2QA
Received 20 Oct 19978 St Marys Buildings, Bath, BA2 3AT
Received 17 Oct 199714 Upper Camden Place, Bath, BA1 5HX
Received 22 Oct 1997Danijac (Formerly Land Rear Of 116-120), 114B Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1NZ
Received 24 Oct 1997Plots 9-12 Rear Of Ascension Church, Claude Avenue, Bath, BA2 1AF
Received 24 Oct 19976 Cranhill Road, Bath, BA1 2YF
Received 27 Oct 19973 Rivers Street, Bath, BA1 2PZ
Received 27 Oct 1997Belvoir Castle, 32 - 33 Victoria Buildings, Twerton, Bath, BA2 3EH
Received 24 Oct 1997Belvoir Castle, 32 - 33 Victoria Buildings, Twerton, Bath, BA2 3EH
Received 27 Oct 1997Bath Spa University, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF
Received 27 Oct 199714 Upper Camden Place, Bath, BA1 5HX
Received 22 Oct 1997RSVP, 5-6 Edgar Buildings, Bath, BA1 2EE
Received 28 Oct 1997Plot 34, The Smallholdings, Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 199768 Hansford Square, Bath, BA2 5LL
Received 28 Oct 199717 Cedric Road, Bath, BA1 3PD
Received 29 Oct 1997Site Of Old Gas Works, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath,
Received 18 Sept 1997Land Between 1-7 Horseshoe Walk And 49-59 Sydney Buildings, Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6DE
Received 28 Oct 1997Records 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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