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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
71,458 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Gascoyne Place, Sawclose, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EY
Received 23 Dec 1997Howdens, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EN
Received 23 Dec 199724-25 Circus Mews, Bath, BA1 2PW
Received 24 Dec 1997Argyle Works, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3DB
Received 29 Dec 1997Stoneleigh Cottage, Lansdown Road, Bath, BA1 5TJ
Received 29 Dec 199712 Marlborough Buildings, Bath, BA1 2LX
Received 24 Dec 1997173 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5BT
Received 31 Dec 1997Parcel 5137, Fair Ash, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 8 May 1997Sunday Cottage, Shoscombe, Bath
Received 30 Apr 1997Warleigh Lodge Farm, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8ED
Received 30 Apr 199711 Bramley Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SJ
Received 30 Apr 199726 The Mead, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5RQ
Received 30 Apr 1997104 Bristol Road, Radstock, BA3 3EQ
Received 1 May 1997Upper Field Barn, Cockers Hill, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JX
Received 30 Apr 1997Warleigh Lodge Farm, Warleigh, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8ED
Received 28 Apr 1997Viaduct Hotel, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD
Received 28 Apr 1997Spring Cottage, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7TU
Received 1 May 1997Spring Cottage, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7TU
Received 1 May 1997Land North Of Monks Barn, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 May 1997The Gables, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2UD
Received 1 May 1997Manor Cottage, Cleeve Hill, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PE
Received 2 May 1997Spring Farm, 36 Carlingcott, Carlingcott, BA2 8AP
Received 2 May 1997Manor Barn, Burnett, Bristol, BS31 2TF
Received 1 May 1997Manor Barn, Burnett, Bristol, BS31 2TF
Received 1 May 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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