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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
71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beckford Cottage, Lansdown Road, Bath, BA1 9BH
Received 6 Aug 1998Hedley Hall, Denmark Road, Bath, BA2 3RB
Received 5 Aug 19985 William Street, Bath, BA2 4DE
Received 4 Aug 19983 Oakley , Bath, BA2 6DS
Received 5 Aug 1998Hargrove House, College Road, Bath, BA1 5RR
Received 12 Aug 1998Willow House, 7 Sion Road, Bath, BA1 5SQ
Received 7 Aug 199818-19 Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2AY
Received 10 Aug 1998Cavendish Lodge, Cavendish Road, Bath, BA1 2UD
Received 7 Aug 19982 Raby Mews, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EJ
Received 7 Aug 19982 Raby Mews, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EJ
Received 7 Aug 1998Wessex Water Operations Centre, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7WW
Received 5 Aug 199825 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DG
Received 5 Aug 199825 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DG
Received 5 Aug 199825 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DG
Received 5 Aug 199820 Pera Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NX
Received 27 Jul 199825 Crescent Gardens, Bath, BA1 2NB
Received 11 Aug 1998Street Record, Vernhamwood Close, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 4 Aug 1998Former British Gas, Clevelands Building, Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EP
Received 5 Aug 1998Cumberland Villa, 2 Bathwick Hill, Bath, BA2 6EP
Received 17 Aug 19988 Purlewent Drive, Bath, BA1 4AZ
Received 10 Aug 199839 Gainsborough Gardens, Bath, BA1 4AJ
Received 10 Aug 1998John Slessor Court, Camden Row, Bath, BA1 5LD
Received 12 Aug 19986 North Parade Buildings, Bath, BA1 1NS
Received 10 Aug 19983 Larkhall Place, Bath, BA1 6SF
Received 13 Aug 1998Records 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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