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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
31 Crescent Gardens, Bath, BA1 2NB
Received 10 Jun 1998Lavender Cottage, 75A Bailbrook Lane, Bath, BA1 7AL
Received 15 Jun 19981-2 St Michaels Place, Bath, BA1 1SG
Received 10 Jun 1998Street Record, Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath
Received 11 Jun 1998Street Record, Stall Street, City Centre, Bath
Received 11 Jun 199827 Lymore Avenue, Bath, BA2 1BB
Received 12 Jun 199830-35 Westgate Street, Bath,
Received 17 Jun 199812 Lambridge , Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 1 Jun 1998Audley Cottage, 28 Audley Park Road, Bath, BA1 2XN
Received 17 Jun 1998Classic By Design, 12 Hanover Street, Bath, BA1 6PP
Received 18 Jun 1998Bath Sports And Leisure Centre, North Parade Road, Bath, BA2 4ET
Received 15 Jun 199823 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HX
Received 15 Jun 19981 Devonshire Buildings, Bath, BA2 4SP
Received 12 Jun 1998Beehive Surgery, Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1NH
Received 17 Jun 19981 Devonshire Buildings, Bath, BA2 4SP
Received 18 Jun 199897B Sydney Mews, Bath, BA2 4ED
Received 16 Jun 199810 Englishcombe Way, Bath, BA2 2EU
Received 15 Jun 1998British Telecom, Kingsmead Telephone Exchange, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 4ND
Received 16 Jun 1998Dummy Blpu For Unmatched Dc Cases Within Banes, Trim Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Jun 199813 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EQ
Received 19 Jun 199887 Greenway Lane, Bath, BA2 4LN
Received 19 Jun 199848 Solsbury Way, Bath, BA1 6HJ
Received 22 Jun 19981 Cranhill Road, Bath, BA1 2YF
Received 19 Jun 1998Halifax PLC, 26 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QF
Received 25 Jun 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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