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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
71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4QL
Received 6 Oct 1998National Westminster Bank, 39 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DS
Received 12 Oct 19982 Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EF
Received 9 Oct 19987 Beech Avenue, Bath, BA2 7BA
Received 8 Oct 19982 Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EF
Received 9 Oct 1998Stratton House, 16 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 2HX
Received 9 Oct 1998St Johns RC Primary School, Pulteney Road, Bath, BA2 4EZ
Received 8 Oct 199812 Napier Road, Bath, BA1 4LN
Received 15 Oct 19982 Marlborough Street, Bath, BA1 2TX
Received 7 Oct 19982 Marlborough Street, Bath, BA1 2TX
Received 7 Oct 1998Newbridge Park And Ride, Newbridge Road, Bath, BA1 3JX
Received 15 Oct 199810 Meare Road, Bath, BA2 5PP
Received 15 Oct 19981 Cranhill Road, Bath, BA1 2YF
Received 12 Oct 199815 Grosvenor Bridge Road, Bath, BA1 6BB
Received 19 Oct 1998Meriden Gate, Weston Road, Bath, BA1 2XZ
Received 21 Oct 1998Adventure Cafe, 5 Princes Buildings, Bath, BA1 2ED
Received 15 Oct 199820 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP
Received 19 Oct 199827 Green Park, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 21 Oct 199827 Green Park, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 21 Oct 1998Site Of Old School, Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, BA2 3AR
Received 14 Oct 1998Bath Rugby Plc, Recreation Ground, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 6PW
Received 15 Oct 199866 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BD
Received 16 Oct 19987 Heathfield Close, Bath, BA1 4NW
Received 19 Oct 1998Land Adjacent To North House, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6JB
Received 22 Oct 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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