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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71,460 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LT
Received 25 Apr 19977 Mount Beacon, Bath, BA1 5QP
Received 23 Apr 19977 Mount Beacon, Bath, BA1 5QP
Received 23 Apr 1997The Bungalow, Worcester Buildings, Bath, BA1 6QS
Received 24 Apr 1997Sulis Manor, Combe Hay Lane, Bath, BA2 8PB
Received 21 Apr 1997Jazz Cafe, 1 Kingsmead Street, Bath, BA1 2AA
Received 25 Apr 1997St Saviours Junior School, Brookleaze Buildings, Bath, BA1 6RB
Received 28 Apr 199762 Cedric Road, Bath, BA1 3PB
Received 28 Apr 1997United Reform Church, Worcester Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6QS
Received 25 Apr 199716 Lambridge Place, Bath, BA1 6RU
Received 1 Dec 1997108 Entry Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LS
Received 28 Nov 19972 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL
Received 27 Nov 1997202 Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2AX
Received 28 Nov 199712-13 Union Street, Bath, BA1 1RR
Received 20 Nov 199714A Westgate Buildings, Bath, BA1 1EB
Received 2 Dec 199741 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PR
Received 1 Dec 1997Claverton Down Gospel Hall, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 6DZ
Received 28 Nov 19974 Haviland Grove, Bath, BA1 4JP
Received 2 Dec 1997Claverton Down Gospel Hall, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 6DZ
Received 28 Nov 1997University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 3 Dec 1997Cotswold Road Open Space, Cotswold Road, Moorlands, Bath,
Received 3 Dec 1997Lambridge Sports Ground, London Road, Bath, BA1 6BD
Received 28 Dec 199710 Darlington Place, Bath, BA2 6BX
Received 3 Dec 1997Royal Victoria Park Pavilion, Royal Avenue, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NR
Received 3 Dec 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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