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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71,460 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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High Vinnalls, College Road, Bath, BA1 5RU
Received 17 Apr 1997The Pig And Fiddle, 32 Broad Street, Bath, BA1 5LP
Received 16 Apr 1997The Pig And Fiddle, 32 Broad Street, Bath, BA1 5LP
Received 16 Apr 199711 Argyle Street, Bath, BA2 4BQ
Received 11 Apr 1997Smile Stores, 24 Brock Street, Bath, BA1 2LN
Received 2 Apr 1997229 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4RZ
Received 18 Apr 199719 High Street, Twerton On Avon, Bath, BA2 1DA
Received 22 Apr 1997Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
Received 23 Apr 1997Foxborough Cottage, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6HW
Received 21 Apr 1997Lambridge Stables, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 21 Apr 1997Bath Rugby Plc, Recreation Ground, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 6PW
Received 23 Apr 1997All Saints Church Centre, High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4BX
Received 15 Apr 1997Half Penny Toll House, Widcombe Bridge, Rossiter Road, Bath, BA2 4JP
Received 17 Apr 1997Half Penny Toll House, Widcombe Bridge, Rossiter Road, Bath, BA2 4JP
Received 17 Apr 19971 Worcester Place, Bath, BA1 6QP
Received 22 Apr 19972 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2EB
Received 16 Apr 1997Courthouse Filling Station, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3DE
Received 24 Apr 19972 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2EB
Received 16 Apr 199718 Moorland Road, Bath, BA2 3PL
Received 23 Apr 19971 - 3 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1EB
Received 23 Apr 1997Astor House, 14 Oldfield Road, Bath, BA2 3ND
Received 22 Apr 1997Car Park Adjacent To St John's, Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath,
Received 21 Apr 199711-13 High Street, Bath, BA1 5AQ
Received 25 Apr 199719 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AT
Received 24 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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