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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
71,460 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Pera Place, Bath, BA1 5NX
Received 14 Apr 199722 Edward Street, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3BP
Received 21 Apr 199710 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EQ
Received 23 Apr 199724 Barton Street, Bath, BA1 1HG
Received 14 Apr 1997West Marden, Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7EU
Received 15 Apr 1997The Bath Tub, 19 St James's Parade, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1UL
Received 2 Jul 1997Jazz Cafe, 1 Kingsmead Street, Bath, BA1 2AA
Received 16 Apr 199710 Entry Hill Park, Bath, BA2 5ND
Received 15 Apr 1997Prior Park College, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, BA2 5AH
Received 14 Apr 19973 Beau Street, Bath, BA1 1QY
Received 30 Apr 19973 Beau Street, Bath, BA1 1QY
Received 30 Apr 1997Bloomfield Riding Centre, Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2BA
Received 2 Apr 1997Laura Lodge, Weston Road, Bath, BA1 2XU
Received 14 Apr 1997University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 18 Apr 1997Former Gardens Opposite Walmsley Terrace, Snow Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 16 Apr 19976 St Winifreds Drive, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7HR
Received 15 Apr 1997Rising Sun Public House, 58 Lymore Avenue, Bath, BA2 1BD
Received 16 Apr 19971 Riverside Court, Bath, BA2 3DZ
Received 6 May 199712 Henrietta Villas, Bath, BA2 6LX
Received 18 Apr 199728 Bloomfield Grove, Bath, BA2 2BZ
Received 2 Jun 199710 Forester Avenue, Bath, BA2 6QD
Received 28 Apr 199726 Audley Avenue, Bath, BA1 3BL
Received 22 Apr 199722 North View Close, Bath, BA2 1EH
Received 18 Apr 1997All Saints Church Centre, High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4BX
Received 9 Apr 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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