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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Pump Room, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LY
Received 19 Aug 1998The Old Mill Hotel, Toll Bridge Road, Bath, BA1 7DE
Received 20 Aug 1998St Martin's Hospital, Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RP
Received 19 Aug 1998Cavendish Villa, Cavendish Road, Bath, BA1 2UD
Received 21 Aug 1998Godwin And Godwin, Kensington Chapel, Kensington Place, Bath, BA1 6AW
Received 18 Aug 1998Godwin And Godwin, Kensington Chapel, Kensington Place, Bath, BA1 6AW
Received 14 Jul 1998The Old School House, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PR
Received 20 Aug 1998The Old School House, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PR
Received 20 Aug 199811 Johnstone Street, Bath, BA2 4DH
Received 24 Aug 199813 Bloomfield Park, Bath, BA2 2BY
Received 24 Aug 19984 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5NW
Received 24 Aug 199849 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NS
Received 1 Sept 1998Bath Rugby Plc, Recreation Ground, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 6PW
Received 1 Sept 19982 Cranhill Road, Bath, BA1 2YF
Received 26 Aug 199837 Edgeworth Road, Bath, BA2 2LT
Received 27 Aug 1998The Victoria School House, Henrietta Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LU
Received 20 Aug 199825 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AP
Received 24 Aug 1998Hope Cottage, 29 Entry Hill, Bath, BA2 5LY
Received 26 Aug 19985 Daffords Buildings, Bath, BA1 6SG
Received 24 Aug 1998Norfolk Crescent Open Space, Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath,
Received 2 Sept 1998159 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PX
Received 2 Sept 1998Courthouse Filling Station, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3DE
Received 2 Sept 199830 Crescent Gardens, Bath, BA1 2NB
Received 7 Sept 1998Sundown, Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5ER
Received 2 Sept 1998Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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