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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71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lawrence House, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 9ES
Received 13 Nov 1997Ground Floor Flat, 25 Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2AD
Received 28 Nov 1997Oldfield School, Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB
Received 21 Nov 199712 James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BX
Received 19 Dec 199630 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LT
Received 17 Dec 1996Lime Grove Cottage, Pulteney Gardens, Bath, BA2 4HG
Received 23 Dec 1996Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AZ
Received 18 Dec 1996Lambridge Stables, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 23 Dec 1996Lambridge Stables, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 23 Dec 1996Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
Received 20 Dec 199620 Moorfields Road, Bath, BA2 2DQ
Received 23 Dec 19967 Crescent Lane, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2PU
Received 20 Dec 19967 Crescent Lane, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2PU
Received 20 Dec 199620 Green Park, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 6 Jan 1997Ustinov Studio Theatre, Monmouth Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2AN
Received 31 Dec 199610 Victoria Close, Bath, BA2 1BN
Received 9 Jan 1997Braeside, Sham Castle Lane, Bath, BA2 6JN
Received 13 Jan 1997The Auld Folly, 101B Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JJ
Received 13 Jan 1997Denmede, Southstoke Road, Bath, BA2 5SL
Received 2 Jan 1997Walcot Yard, Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BG
Received 18 Dec 1996Henrietta House, 33 Henrietta Street, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 8 Jan 19971 Cork Place, Bath, BA1 3BB
Received 9 Jan 1997Kensington Meadows, Ringswell Gardens, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6BP
Received 6 Jan 199710 Larkhall Place, Bath, BA1 6SF
Received 6 Jan 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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