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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3, Abbey Court, Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DX
Received 2 Nov 1998Hedgerow, Perrymead , Bath, BA2 5AY
Received 2 Nov 199856 Gloucester Road, Bath, BA1 7BN
Received 28 Oct 199863 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NH
Received 28 Oct 1998Mission Hall, Corn Street, Bath, BA1 1UF
Received 28 Oct 1998Roundabout, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 26 Oct 1998Scout Headquarters, 7 - 8 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PG
Received 5 Nov 19986 St Stephens Place, Bath, BA1 5PJ
Received 27 Oct 1998Scout Headquarters, 7 - 8 Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PG
Received 30 Oct 1998The Old Mill Hotel, Toll Bridge Road, Bath, BA1 7DE
Received 29 Oct 1998Meade House, Wedgwood Road, Bath, BA2 1QN
Received 27 Oct 1998The Old Mill Hotel, Toll Bridge Road, Bath, BA1 7DE
Received 29 Oct 199883 Bradford Park, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5PS
Received 29 Oct 1998Badgerline, Weston Island, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3BJ
Received 5 Nov 199811 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PW
Received 3 Nov 1998St Peters And St Pauls Roman Catholic Church, Entry Hill, Bath
Received 13 Oct 19984 Old King Street, Bath, BA1 2JW
Received 30 Oct 19983 Cambridge Terrace, Bath, BA2 6BE
Received 3 Nov 1998North Parade House, 12A North Parade, Bath, BA2 4AL
Received 2 Nov 1998North Parade House, 12A North Parade, Bath, BA2 4AL
Received 2 Nov 1998Cavendish Villa, Cavendish Road, Bath, BA1 2UD
Received 2 Nov 1998Merimor, Park Gardens, Bath, BA1 2XP
Received 2 Nov 1998St Michaels Cemetery, St Michaels Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3BJ
Received 3 Nov 1998281 Bloomfield Road, Bath, BA2 2NU
Received 2 Nov 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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