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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PR
Received 3 Nov 1998Combe Ridge, Belmont Road, Bath, BA2 5JR
Received 5 Nov 199869 Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4DL
Received 4 Nov 199869 Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4DL
Received 4 Nov 1998Combe Ridge, Belmont Road, Bath, BA2 5JR
Received 5 Nov 1998Cavendish Villa, Cavendish Road, Bath, BA1 2UD
Received 2 Nov 199817-18 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DE
Received 6 Nov 1998The Gap, 18-19 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP
Received 6 Nov 1998Plot 24, The Smallholdings, Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath,
Received 5 Nov 1998Kelsons Field, Side Access To Windsor Villas And Kelson's Field, Lower Weston, Bath,
Received 2 Nov 199843 Rivers Street, Bath, BA1 2QA
Received 5 Nov 199824 Shakespeare Avenue, Bath, BA2 4RF
Received 3 Nov 199811 William Stowe , Bath, BA2 5EJ
Received 5 Nov 199830 Vellore Lane, Bath, BA2 6JQ
Received 11 Nov 199816 St Peters Terrace, Bath, BA2 3BT
Received 11 Nov 1998Marks And Spencer Plc, 16-18 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QB
Received 5 Nov 199824 Alexandra Road, Bath, BA2 4PW
Received 11 Nov 1998112 Entry Hill, Bath, BA2 5LS
Received 13 Oct 19981 Highbury Terrace, Bath, BA1 6DS
Received 9 Nov 1998Widcombe Lodge, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AZ
Received 11 Nov 19981-2 Chelsea Road, Bath, BA1 3DU
Received 4 Nov 1998Woodview, Westfield Park South , Bath, BA1 3HT
Received 12 Nov 1998Lamb And Lion, 15 Lower Borough Walls , Bath, BA1 1QU
Received 30 Oct 19981 - 3 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1EB
Received 30 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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